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benison

[ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈbɛn ə zən, -sən /




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Like Malik Solanka of Fury, who fled to America “to receive the benison of being Ellis Islanded,” the Goldens, too, have come seeking rebirth in the land of reinvention.

From Slate Sep. 21, 2017

"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".

From The Guardian Sep. 28, 2012

It can be both a barrier to success and a goad to accomplishment, a dislocating burden or an enriching benison.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 16, he decided to spend "a life giving to others the benison which nature gave to me."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wholly oblivious to Griffith’s lynx-eyed watchfulness and his leading questions, Mr. Long yet recognized the futility of an attempt to ride away on Mr. Griffith’s horse with Mr. Griffith’s benison.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Eugene Manlove Rhodes




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