lasting benefit

collocation in English

meaningsoflastingandbenefit

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lasting
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.stɪŋ/
us
/ˈlæs.tɪŋ/
continuing to exist for a long time or ...
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benefit
noun
uk
/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/
us
/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition oflastingandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflasting benefit

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Though this flourishing was brief, the machinery developed then had alastingbenefit.
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The equal division of property, especially land, results in what are often small, unprofitable shares that are then quickly sold, leaving littlelastingbenefit.
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Reliance on devaluation to compensate for excessive inflation, he asserted, was a soft option which brought nolastingbenefitto the economy.
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The policy of neutrality, in conclusion, had been for thelastingbenefitof the nation, its neighbouring countries and peace itself.
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Funds have often been granted for projects which have had nolastingbenefitfor the area concerned.
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We shall make sure that the measures we introduce are practical and oflastingbenefitto the people of this country.
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For decades this has been the actual practice, voluntarily undertaken in a good many cases, and to thelastingbenefitof all the families involved.
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The conditions for sustainable recovery are being established and will be oflastingbenefitto the economy.
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It will certainly confer no real andlastingbenefiton the trade of this country.
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We believe that this will prove of morelastingbenefitto the development areas than expenditure limited to the winter months only.
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If that state of things existed, not only the cotton trade, but every other trade in the country would reap a large andlastingbenefit.
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They wish to ensure that their gift will be oflastingbenefitto the community.
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As a result, we shall suffer for years without any concurrentlastingbenefit.
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This will encourage authorities to use their available receipts for work oflastingbenefitto communities.
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They are hopeful of creating an institution that will outlast them and that will be oflastingbenefitto future members of their families.
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They will also offer valuable work experience and training, which could prove oflastingbenefit.
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Nothing could be more educational or of morelastingbenefitto education itself than for the children to get out of the classroom.
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We have a real opportunity to make set-aside oflastingbenefitto conservation.
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I am not convinced that selective detention would produce anylastingbenefit.
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