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The field of X-ray astronomy profited by some of the technological developments that went on in these programmes.
There were those who profited from the event, none more so than the tilers, bricklayers and glaziers whose wages trebled.
And it includes restitution from corporations and public entities that profited from the business of slavery.
He profited significantly as something of a pluralist official at this time.
The young poet profited by the attacks of the critics, their effect being to enlarge his poetical studies.
The navy profited from the indifferent performance of the Italian navy, though Italian frogmen performed some notable feats of courage.
Surprisingly enough, some big guns have actually bothered to enter this bunfight, and most of them have profited immensely from taking part.
There is no suggestion that any British MPs profited personally or knew about the alleged corruption.
Ironically, the king and his subjects profited financially from the trade as their kingdom crumbled beneath them.
Throughout the 1990s workers' pay remained largely stagnant while company executives profited handsomely.
It boosted the tourism industry and they profited with the likes of bed and breakfasts.
Hence wildlife became an asset as villagers in communal areas profited from hunting and photo safaris.
Local officials reportedly profited handsomely from the illegal importation of used cars.
The residents who profited most from Virginia's antebellum society, however, fought the hardest to maintain it.
In the weeks before the company went into liquidation, major general insurance firms profited from its demise by picking up pieces of its business at fire sale prices.
Sadly, Walzer has not profited from that comradely criticism.
The press profited handsomely from the financial largesse of one political faction or the other in return for support in public debates.
She supported the creation of watchdogs to look for graft in government, firing those who improperly profited.
It is my fervent hope that leaders of other nations that supported and profited from the inhumane activity will come forward in like manner.
In the 1930s, dance halls and cinemas also profited with people demanding feelgood escapist films.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Bavaria, Hanover, and Denmark profited more or less by the repartition of Germany.
Something in the universe has eventuated in man, and something has profited by his ameliorations.
They profited by the error of their friends who refused to recharter the first one.
Luckily it was only Buvat, and Boniface profited by his entrance to depart.
It may be said at the outset that Butler profited greatly by the scrupulous fairness shown by the crown prosecutor.
The castle profited by the road in accessibility, but its impregnability was so far lessened.
What have all the great controversies about the Trinity and the Virgin Mary profited?
Barry was not the only artist who profited by Edmund Burke's liberality.
His versification profited by this personal or literary familiarity.
The Mohicans profited by the delay, to steal out of the woods, and to make a survey of surrounding objects.
He had learned his lesson of experience, and profited thereby.
There would have been a fight, hard feelings, Butch turned into an enemy, and nothing profited to Lily.
Well, have you profited at all by this lesson on inoculating?
I profited, however, by my acquaintance with the Portuguese padre, for on another occasion he gave me a fine specimen of the Yagouaroundi cat.
You know, and you know that I know just what jobbery was done in the building trades' strike last fall, who put up the money, who did the work, and who profited by it.
If you will give me five minutes to fetch my mackintosh and galoshes, it would interest me to see whether I have profited by the lessons I took in Scotland.
But, now, I would ask of my well-skilled physician, whether, in good sooth, he deems me to have profited by his kindly care of this weak frame of mine?
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