as in boon
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing
that holiday bonus has proved to be a godsend for my bills
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Recent Examples of godsend
Henry Winkler and Stacey Winkler, his wife, are just godsends.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Propane heater: on sale for $79.99 Original price: $89.99
A propane heater is a godsend during cold winter nights in your tent.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
The rivalry between two of the league’s most electrifying quarterbacks has been a godsend for CBS ever since Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes first met up in the 2021 AFC championship game.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2025
While other inmates and their attorneys viewed the commutations as a godsend, Agofsky and Davis refused to sign documents acknowledging them, according to their separate handwritten petitions.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Propane heater: on sale for $79.99 Original price: $89.99
A propane heater is a godsend during cold winter nights in your tent.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
The rivalry between two of the league’s most electrifying quarterbacks has been a godsend for CBS ever since Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes first met up in the 2021 AFC championship game.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2025
While other inmates and their attorneys viewed the commutations as a godsend, Agofsky and Davis refused to sign documents acknowledging them, according to their separate handwritten petitions.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godsend
Noun
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But in a welcome boon for a parched region, two more storms will follow within the week — one Monday, another Wednesday, according to the NWS.—
Sam Schulz,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Each of the three choices come with their own set of benefits and drawbacks, Yu said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Proponents of diffusion LLMs contend that another benefit is that coherence across large portions of text is more likely than with the autoregressive approach.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If there's a ripple effect because of that, then that's a blessing.—
F. Amanda Tugade,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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That’s on a separate track from the review of the merger review, which needs the FCC’s blessing to approve the transfer of broadcast licenses.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Godsend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godsend. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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