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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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But while most of the apartment has been blessed by the magic of Angela’s personal touch, two rooms remain in limbo. Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 26 June 2026 Then, seven years ago, Cohen snagged a rare vacant plot for sale—modest in scale, at roughly half an acre, but blessed with pristine ocean frontage and perfect for the family escape of his imagination. Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blessed
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Adjective
  • Please do not leave without sampling the divine dessert of Caribbean coffee-chocolate delice with a hint of tonka beans and cacao nibs.
    James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
  • Following the death of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933, the search for his heir was a matter of divine detective work.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Iraqi city is considered among the holiest for millions of Shiite Muslims around the world.
    Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • Khamenei's body arrived Tuesday in Najaf, considered one of the holiest of cities for millions of Shiite Muslims worldwide.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
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  • Daunt’s pool area is entirely pleasant right now, but Leo and Home have big plans for it, including the addition of a yoga area and a massage tent.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Visual enhancements, such as a dark outline of the currently active interface element (think the search field in the Mail app), are a pleasant surprise.
    Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
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  • 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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  • White, who celebrated his 51st birthday last week, is on tour in support of his eighth solo album, Frozen Charlotte.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
  • It’s celebrated on July 14 because that’s the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the French Revolution that overthrew the monarchy and sent King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette to the guillotine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
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  • No matter the semifinal results, the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the Giants and Jets do all of their losing will be gifted an epic World Cup championship matchup on Sunday.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • The Padres were gifted two runs in the first inning when Yesavage could hardly throw a strike.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Adjective
  • The plush cotton consistently feels heavenly underfoot after every shower.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • By the end of the movie, even something as natural as daylight has become suffused with a heavenly glow, and the beads of sweat on a dying body sparkle with a beauty that Emily had never been able to find anywhere else in her tragedy of a life.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
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  • These foundations were care, equality, proportionality (rewarding individuals relative to their contribution), loyalty, authority or respect for legitimate authorities, and purity (concern with preserving what is seen as natural or sacred).
    Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
  • Trump reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah by about 90% each, undoing protections established by former presidents on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 July 2026

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“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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