1
as in blessing
a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor
the priest offered a benediction for the missing children
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as in benefit
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing
the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate
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Recent Examples of benediction
What a stimulus and benediction even to meet with for a day!
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The rains that come, later and later each season, are too sporadic and in the wrong places to be a benediction.
—Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
The performances start with a benediction from Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, the indigenous people of Peninsula, and opens up the throttle with San Jose’s Taiko SOBA.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
After roughly 45 minutes, once the congregants had closed their eyes in benediction, the young man removed a .45 caliber Glock from his waist pack and began to methodically assassinate nine men and women, ranging in age from 26 to 87.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The rains that come, later and later each season, are too sporadic and in the wrong places to be a benediction.
—Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
The performances start with a benediction from Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, the indigenous people of Peninsula, and opens up the throttle with San Jose’s Taiko SOBA.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
After roughly 45 minutes, once the congregants had closed their eyes in benediction, the young man removed a .45 caliber Glock from his waist pack and began to methodically assassinate nine men and women, ranging in age from 26 to 87.
—Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benediction
Noun
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Instead of taking this as a personal attack, start to look at it as a blessing.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Entering the mental-health field wasn’t easy, but Koh says now that being new to both business and health was in some ways a blessing.—
Alice Park,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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Other homeowners find that the time- and labor-saving benefits of leaf blowers outweigh the noise and air pollution.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by real riders, biker gangs, and based on true events that David Mann encountered throughout his life as a rider, Mann was alive to reap the benefits of his fame, something rarely afforded to many artists.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Yom Kippur, known as the Day of Atonement, is a holiday when Jews engage in fasting, prayer and reflection, beginning at sundown Wednesday.—
Alex Leff,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Religiousness was measured by responses to questions about the importance of religion, religious attendance, frequency of prayer and belief in God.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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That’s sure to be a boon to business.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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By the end of a run, players could have as many as 15 boons which, on top of temporary weapon upgrades, blessings from Moon, familiars, and more, creates a dizzying amount of customization that’s almost impossible to intentionally recreate verbatim on the regular.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Well, there was a real gift from the writers as far as that monologue was concerned.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Take a look at your holiday gift wrap, gift bags, bows, and ribbons.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Benediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benediction. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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