as in lucky
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
a heaven-sent offer to be the all-expenses-paid chaperone to some students on a trip to Paris
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Recent Examples of heaven-sent
The Finals matchup is heaven-sent for the NBA: New York, the center of everything, playing for its first league championship since 1973 and with a huge chance, up 2-0 in the best-of-7.
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Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful Lakes District – in the shadow of the Alps – seems heaven-sent for communing with nature.
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Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these.
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Jerel Ezell,
STAT,
1 May 2026
We all heaven-sent / Epstein too.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2026
And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
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Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent.
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Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
Long wearing makeup is a heaven-sent during white hot summers, especially when they are formulated with skin loving ingredients.
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Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful Lakes District – in the shadow of the Alps – seems heaven-sent for communing with nature.
—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these.
—
Jerel Ezell,
STAT,
1 May 2026
We all heaven-sent / Epstein too.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2026
And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
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Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent.
—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
Long wearing makeup is a heaven-sent during white hot summers, especially when they are formulated with skin loving ingredients.
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Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaven-sent
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Others, like Ceruto's client, who booked a spur-of-the-moment trip to Bali, are just lucky.
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Uruguay knows avoiding defeat will be enough to progress as either the runner-up or one of the lucky third-place finishers.
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Sandy is happy with the decision as well.
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The open-air happy-hour atmosphere is laid-back, family-friendly, community-oriented, and tropical while still delivering on quality music.
Adjective
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But with a historic heat wave making attic apartments like hers potentially hazardous for health, the 23-year-old recent graduate isn't feeling quite so fortunate.
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Another local taquero hasn’t been so fortunate.
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“Heaven-sent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaven-sent. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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