- present participle of bless.
blessing
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Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s a blessing of agency that sounds much easier to accept when you have more options than Cathy.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
“This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger. It is not a blessing of the broader merger,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said when he announced the settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Looking back now, he calls it a blessing.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Some replies cited absolute bans from doctors or prioritizing their child’s health, while others said they drank the beverages with their physicians’ blessings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Confessing she was "certainly not well-versed in politics", Lazkani said that "at this stage, I feel I deserve prayers more than blessings".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Truong repeated one of the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
In the comments, many call the couple mum and dad, telling them about their lives and asking for birthday blessings.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
There exist many actual cases of hunter-gatherers who did see food production practiced by their neighbors, and who nevertheless refused to accept its supposed blessings and instead remained hunter-gatherers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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