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  • present participle of bless.
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blessing

[bles-ing] / ˈblɛs ɪŋ /




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Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s a blessing of agency that sounds much easier to accept when you have more options than Cathy.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger. It is not a blessing of the broader merger,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said when he announced the settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Looking back now, he calls it a blessing.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Some replies cited absolute bans from doctors or prioritizing their child’s health, while others said they drank the beverages with their physicians’ blessings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Confessing she was "certainly not well-versed in politics", Lazkani said that "at this stage, I feel I deserve prayers more than blessings".

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Truong repeated one of the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

In the comments, many call the couple mum and dad, telling them about their lives and asking for birthday blessings.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

There exist many actual cases of hunter-gatherers who did see food production practiced by their neighbors, and who nevertheless refused to accept its supposed blessings and instead remained hunter-gatherers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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