Definition of "benefitted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of benefit. (verb)

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• "Fourteen zip codes in Virginia that do not exist or are actually in other states nevertheless benefitted from the infusion of 9.5 million taxpayer dollars in federal stimulus money, according to the Old Dominion Watchdog website."
• "The film was set three years after the series finale, and like “American Pie 2,” it benefitted from a huge opening weekend ($57 million), due mostly to a built-in audience from the popular show."
• "Money was both a lure and a problem, though, for the publishers -- and just as whole industries saw the rise of mergers, takeovers and "multi-nationals" that came to dominate what had once been multi-owned, geographically dispersed, independent firms, so mainstream publishing gradually devolved onto a few international parent companies, who amassed subsidiary imprints and benefitted from the supposed economies of scale."