1
as in to consecrate
to make holy through prayers or ritual
the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites
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2
as in to celebrate
to proclaim the glory of
bless the name of God
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3
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
blessed with a knack for glib conversation
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Recent Examples of bless
May God bless the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, and may God bless the United States of America.
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James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
God bless the students, faculty and administration of Houston's Waltrip High School for supporting the soccer-loving student’s rogue operation, or Austin might not have one of its best taquerias.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
Here in the South, we’re blessed with a multitude of fast food restaurants that originated in our region and therefore know exactly how to win over a Southerner’s heart.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
God bless those four unbelievable astronauts.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
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James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
God bless the students, faculty and administration of Houston's Waltrip High School for supporting the soccer-loving student’s rogue operation, or Austin might not have one of its best taquerias.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
Here in the South, we’re blessed with a multitude of fast food restaurants that originated in our region and therefore know exactly how to win over a Southerner’s heart.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
God bless those four unbelievable astronauts.
—Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bless
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Many Pentecostals, for example, fast for a period in January to consecrate the year ahead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Even if all these sunny promises are enshrined in contracts, built into budgets, and consecrated with good intentions, there are still plenty of ways the whole project could go kerflooey.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
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Even when there is little to celebrate in a world marked by barbarity, these events invite us to be together and, briefly, to look, feel, admire, and even disagree within a temporary gathering of images and spaces.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The project also comes at a special time, as Davis celebrates 50 years of the Davis Farmers Market.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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April is a blessed month for genre fans, because as well as Thrash, Netflix is gifting us with another potentially-awesome-but-likely-terrible film with the survival thriller Apex, which premieres on April 24.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then, in an act of generosity, Isaac gifts Jay’s recliner to the basement ghosts.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Accessibility The hotel has dedicated accessible rooms designed for guests with mobility needs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Analysts told Reuters that dedicated military ships and landing craft can carry only about 20,000 troops and their equipment in the first wave.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dewitt also praised JaCorey Stewart’s speed.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Then praised Illini Nation for its support.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Tommy Caldwell appears to be endowed with this quirk of courage.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jinn endows Jung with hidden dimensions of pain and regret.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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There was no contradiction for these women in using sacred imagery to dramatize erotic love, or Scripture to sanctify desire.—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
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Yet, these grounds were hallowed to the African American community.—
Chip Colwell,
The Conversation,
22 Oct. 2025
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In a new political environment in which none of the new leaders could claim to be revolutionary founding fathers, Deng’s blessing hallowed Jiang and Hu and helped ensure that each survived the vicissitudes of succession politics.—
Jonathan A. Czin,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Bless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bless. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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