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
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
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.
—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2026
And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaven-sent
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No one won the Powerball jackpot or the $2 million Match 5 + Power Play prize, but one lucky person in California won the $1 million Match 5 prize.
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Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
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At the beach, maybe, at a barbecue or whatever place sets fireworks pinwheeling through your holiday-happy mind.
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Like many great works of American literature, the book is an unflinching portrait of a seemingly happy family held together by hubris and fear of change.
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 5 Jul. 2026.
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