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providential

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


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Mr. Dreisbach notes the powerful importance of the Exodus story of providential liberation and deliverance as the model for Americans’ rebellion against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“Over the last few days, many people have said it was a providential moment.”

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

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

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2024

Ultimately, the delayed renovation may have turned out to be providential for Geffen.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

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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