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Definition of blessednext
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as in divine
of, relating to, or being God a prayer to the blessed Savior

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as in pleasant
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses the blessed sight of home after a long journey

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blessed

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variants also blest
past tense of bless
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Recent Examples of blessed
Adjective
On Good Friday, there was a Yankees Opening Day game played in the afternoon hours, which coincided with this most blessed holiday. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 April is a blessed month for genre fans, because as well as Thrash, Netflix is gifting us with another potentially-awesome-but-likely-terrible film with the survival thriller Apex, which premieres on April 24. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Furthermore, he is blessed with excellent diplomats who cover his iron fist with an urbane, English-speaking velvet glove. Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 One of her most significant feats was leading a team of artists over the course of a decade to illustrate a massive New Testament Bible written by hand in the Old Georgian language — an endeavor blessed by the Georgian Patriarch himself. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blessed
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Adjective
  • Better-known are the New York state sites where Smith reported his original divine revelations — or the sites of his followers’ embattled settlements in Missouri and Illinois before their ultimate move to Utah.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This espresso martini popsicle delivers rich, divine indulgence in a perfectly frozen form.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • As well as being home to Islam’s holiest sites, Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s top oil exporters.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At the Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet’s holiest religious sites, Tibetans and Han Chinese visited.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Once the trailer made its way on TikTok, women flooded the comment sections in pleasant confusion, and their reactions did not disappoint.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The briny, slightly sweet and smoky ham notes in these slices make for an enjoyable, pleasant bite — for those who love ham.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
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  • And here, wine is not just a commodity for drinking; it is shared, celebrated in events, and so deeply embedded in everyday life.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Vintage computer festivals bring collectors together This year more than 3,500 people attended the two-day Vintage Computer Festival in early August that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apple, founded in 1976 in nearby Cupertino, Calif.
    Terry Chea, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • For this story, Jessie was gifted two Free People Emerson Tote Bags—the classic full-sized style and the mini suede version—to test.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Every traveler has a favorite way of collecting memories—and mine began with a Canon AE-1, the camera my grandmother gifted me for a graduation gift many years back.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • To map out these heavenly realms takes a certain amount of ego and pollyannaism otherwise absent from Reilly’s worldview.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • The actress, 29, wore a heavenly floor-length white gown sourced from French fashion house Matières Fécales to the red carpet at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Tuesday, July 14.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
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  • But many Native Hawaiian cultural groups oppose this decision, viewing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as sacred.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tribes are fighting back mine by mine, citing everything from threats to sacred land to water contamination.
    Justin Worland, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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