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providential

[prov-i-den-shuhl] / ˌprɒv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl /


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Mr. Dreisbach notes the powerful importance of the Exodus story of providential liberation and deliverance as the model for Americans’ rebellion against Britain’s pharaonic royalty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“Over the last few days, many people have said it was a providential moment.”

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Everything else, he seemed to suggest, will follow, almost automatically, from that providential arrival.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2024

Ultimately, the delayed renovation may have turned out to be providential for Geffen.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Despite the confident and providential statements of leaders like Paine, Jefferson, and Adams, the conclusions that look so foregone to us had yet to congeal for them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis