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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

Touring shows draw small audiences in the hinterlands without the benison of Broadway approval, regional writers do not achieve status until they have run the gamut of Manhattan's cold-eyed critics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not all businessmen regarded the ruling as a benison.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hog o'er cabbage said his benison; The wolf was won by haunch of venison; A pullet won the fox; a thistle Tickled the donkey's tongue of gristle.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John




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