auspicious
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Nonetheless, the executives’ timing was auspicious as share prices soared on the back of a historic shock to the world’s crude supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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
This was an auspicious start, but over the next eight years, she never reached those heights again as a lead artist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Payesh is commonly enjoyed during several auspicious occasions: birthdays, weddings, religious festivals and baby showers.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
“At this auspicious period,” he wrote, “the United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be intirely their own.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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