benediction
Example Sentences
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And on Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times gave the ultimate benediction with its cover.
From Salon • May 10, 2025
It was a space that famously could turn an aspiring comedian into a successful one overnight, if given the host’s benediction — a wave to come to sit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
“For this reason, pastoral prudence must adequately discern whether there are forms of benediction, requested by one or more persons, that do not transmit a mistaken conception of marriage,” he wrote.
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2023
A benediction is an offering of good wishes, though it can also be a prayer offered in, well, blessing.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023
His behavior then was truly embarrassing, and I actually kissed him on the top of his head in benediction when he had finished.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing benediction
Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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