godsends

noun

plural of godsend
as in benefits
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing that holiday bonus has proved to be a godsend for my bills

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  1. benefits
  2. boons
  3. blessings
  4. gifts
  5. windfalls
Noun
  • Moreno’s involvement and willingness to listen to particularly star-level players had its benefits.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • But both fit a category of technology that has some clear benefits, but also clear avenues for abuse.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • The rewards Gates, ever the optimist, also outlines some major boons the technology holds.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Disney’s live-action remakes have largely been box-office boons for the company, with a few exceptions.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of boons
Noun
  • Sometimes, what would look like to be my biggest mistakes turn out to be my biggest blessings.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Finding the blessings among the challenges has long been a defining trait of Leake’s.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of blessings
Noun
  • Focus and Blur A procession of gifts and drinks arrive at the reception.
    — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The morality police, which are often accused of extreme policies, recently announced a statewide ban in Sokoto on the use of DJs at events, as well as inappropriate haircuts, extravagant bridal gifts and playing music on public transport.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of gifts
Noun
  • Orange County commissioners accepted — with reservations and some argument — a citizen panel’s recommendations for how to spend future tourist-tax windfalls, advice that left out a convention center expansion and a billion-dollar baseball stadium.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
  • OpenAI and Anthropic employees could theoretically pool their IPO windfalls and buy nearly 29% of all homes in the San Francisco metro area, according to Redfin.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of windfalls
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“Godsends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godsends. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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