propitiously

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Good Charlotte’s return is propitiously timed given the broader emo and pop-punk revival that’s ushered other turn-of-the-millennium acts like Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance into stadiums over the past few years.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

He mostly taught about the separation of powers, but recently, and perhaps propitiously, he turned his attention to the Supreme Court.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018

The year started propitiously for him, as Cuban-backed Sandinista guerrillas overthrew Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, but it ended in ignominy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2016

In this, he was helped by his protégé, the propitiously named Wynkyn de Worde, whose fonts were imitated throughout Europe.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2010

The thunderstorm had gone round without discharging its fury on West Point, and everything had turned out propitiously for the General's visit; which was perhaps the more pleasant for having been so little expected.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza