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providential

[prov-i-den-shuhl] / ˌprɒv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl /


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Efraín, meanwhile, welcomes her as a sort of providential poet of the underclass, and wants her to read at the opening of a poetry festival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"Many people say it was a providential moment. It probably was."

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Everything else, he seemed to suggest, will follow, almost automatically, from that providential arrival.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2024

The show had perhaps been conceived “in a completely different setting, with a different message,” she said, according to a news release, but it was “all the more providential to open this exhibition today.”

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

It was providential that we would live together for those four years at college, and after graduation, we continued a friendship that was a healing balm.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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