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providence

[prov-i-duhns] / ˈprɒv ɪ dəns /
NOUN
divine government
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Otto von Bismarck’s special providence for “fools, drunks, and the United States of America” may be coming to the aid of the current incumbent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It did not providence any evidence to back up its accusation that South Africa had released the passport information of its officials.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

In the 1994 classic, Tom Hanks ruminates about fate, resilience and providence, from a park bench that has become a part of movie lore in the way of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

“There’s almost a providence about it,” Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall told me and another reporter.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024

‘And sure it was God's good providence that we found this corn,” Winslow wrote, “for else we know not how we should have done.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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