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benison

[ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈbɛn ə zən, -sən /




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Like Malik Solanka of Fury, who fled to America “to receive the benison of being Ellis Islanded,” the Goldens, too, have come seeking rebirth in the land of reinvention.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2017

"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".

From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012

Communities, counties and corporations are hard at work all over the U.S. spreading such plans, and the recent benison of the A.M.A. is certain to allay the objections of many balky doctors.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be both a barrier to success and a goad to accomplishment, a dislocating burden or an enriching benison.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her pity grew, until it rested like a benison upon all her humble friends, for they must remain in Sleepy Hollow, and she was going away.

From A Princess in Calico by Edith Ferguson Black




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