auspicious
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“It’s not particularly auspicious in terms of what comes next,” said Michael Wahid Hanna, the U.S. program director at International Crisis Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Ahead of Lunar New Year this month, Chinese households typically decorate their doors with couplets - a set of auspicious writings heralding health and prosperity in the new year.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Most of 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon, which is seen as an auspicious one for marriage and births in Chinese culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Payesh is commonly enjoyed during several auspicious occasions: birthdays, weddings, religious festivals and baby showers.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
His return from Africa was even more auspicious than when he had returned from the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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