- present participle of bless.
blessing
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When things go against you, leverage is a curse, not a blessing, as anyone who was on the wrong side of the housing crash nearly two decades ago knows.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Apple hopes to win the White House’s blessing to do business with the Chinese company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
"The reunion was like a miracle from God. To see our daughter back sitting among us is a gift and blessing that could not be thanked enough for."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
So while mFlusiva has the FDA’s blessing, Kennedy’s handpicked panel could still recommend that only a subset of Americans—say, people with compromised immune systems—get it.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
If so, Jim had been born second, and now, over pizza in Salzburg, he’d come of age, with Paul’s blessing.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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“One of God’s good blessings, really a special person.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
To appreciate the blessings of liberty, share a meal with your neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It was just compounding blessings on top of each other — or luck.”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The creatures' power is also deeply embedded in people's culture, prompting them to seek the blessings of dozens of spirits before entering the forest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
With the autumnal surrogation to winter and the Thanksgiving holiday quickly ascending upon us, I find myself reminiscing to mind the many blessings and bestowments of the past.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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