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blessing

noun as in sanctification

noun as in good wishes, approval

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Anu gave me his blessing to use today’s examples from his page, and even said he’d tell about this contest to his regular contributors.

I really think he would be a great father and that if I got pregnant by "accident," he would recognize what a blessing it was.

For media companies, that scale can be a blessing and a curse.

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When I saw that the company introduced matching PANTS this year, I immediately wrote to my editor and begged for her blessing to review them.

A kindness you can offer in return is your blessing for him to remain connected to them — in ways that minimize the emotional cost to you.

And it gave Baghdadi the opportunity to praise his new minions, blessing them as his official representatives.

Maybe, then, the Hathahate phenomenon is a blessing in disguise.

Scott says he last spoke to his predecessor a few days ago, although he never explicitly gave his blessing.

In Citizens United the Court gave its blessing to corporations having a significant political role in elections.

She ended up praying with me and giving me her blessing to portray her Dad.

Seen thus poverty became rather a blessing than a curse, or at least a dispensation prescribing the proper lot of man.

To know, to love, and to be loved by such a man as Burne-Jones was a supreme blessing in his life.

Jacob cheated his brother out of the parental blessing, and lied about God, and lied to his father to accomplish his end.

His last words when he bade me farewell, and gave me his blessing were, to remember always to think twice before I spoke once.

It has more than verified all predictions as to its usefulness, and has proved a blessing to north-west Donegal.

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On this page you'll find 131 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blessing, such as: dedication, grace, absolution, benediction, benison, and commendation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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