benediction

Television continues to produce stars worthy of benedictions and analysis, but it’s difficult to imagine that any will leave as deep an imprint on his or her fans as Carson did.

They emerge from within a rocky outcropping in an otherwise grassy field and hold up their hands, as if in benediction.

They lifted Harris above the cauldron of grief, relief, anger and confusion with the time-honored benediction of cold, hard cash and a cheeky pop-culture energy that Biden has only rarely been able to conjure.

It was a space that famously could turn an aspiring comedian into a successful one overnight, if given the host’s benediction — a wave to come to sit.

Advice given on New Year’s takes on the air of a benediction, a strong first sentence with which to begin a new chapter.