auspicious

Example Sentences

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It is an unusually nuanced take on a subject that too often generates reflexive fulminating or fawning, and a truly auspicious start to the New Museum’s new chapter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She planned to hang traditional Chinese couplets -- usually on auspicious red paper -- before sharing a family meal.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 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

It was auspicious, his arrival, a day after she put up her blog and a week after she resigned.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie