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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2
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
Much like Glow On, the band’s fourth album sounds like the future — if the future is the realm Bill and Ted visited with all of those guys in shiny silver suits playing electric guitars like saints giving benediction.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 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
Much like Glow On, the band’s fourth album sounds like the future — if the future is the realm Bill and Ted visited with all of those guys in shiny silver suits playing electric guitars like saints giving benediction.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benediction
Noun
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The women’s mentor, Dina Standish (Close), gives them her blessing.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The blessing of that guy — who has taken on some pretty impossible odds and pulled them off — was absolutely incredible.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, food aid was delayed for tens of millions of people as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were caught up in legal battles related to the shutdown.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Several states, including California, quickly began to dole out benefits.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Our thoughts and prayers are with his girlfriend Catalina, family, friends and his teammates.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Behind them was an altar lit with prayer candles, and a photo of Ríos Pérez in the center.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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While many states have sought to attract data centers as an economic boon, legislatures and utility commissions were also flooded with proposals to try to protect regular ratepayers from paying to connect data centers to the grid.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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While there’s not a ton of research out there, what little there is seems to show that bovine colostrum can provide similar benefits, which can be a boon to those seeking alternatives to or supplements for breast milk out of preference or necessity.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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From a gift of Elizabeth Taylor’s ring, bestowed on Allura, by her cheating younger husband, to $40 million worth of trinkets that Liberty helps salvage from her Upper East Side client wanting a divorce.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For small businesses, simplicity wins—a clear offer like ‘buy one, gift one’ or a free consult lowers the barrier for first-time buyers and gives them a reason to pick you over a big-box store.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Benediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benediction. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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