1
a
: the act or words of one that blesses
say the blessing over the wine
a priestly blessing
b
: approval, encouragement
asked her parents for their blessing before he proposed
2
: a thing conducive to happiness or welfare
My daughter is a blessing to me in my old age.
Their absence turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Count your blessings.
3
: grace (see grace entry 1 sense 5) said at a meal
said the blessing before dinner
Examples of blessing in a Sentence
Presumably he was acting with the government's blessing.
They got married without their parents' blessing.
We asked the Lord's blessing on us and on our project.
He said a blessing before the meal.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
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—Kavitha Shastry, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
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—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Oklahoma City has had some absolute blessings from the shooting variance gods to pull this off, but on the other hand the Thunder have been without two of their best defenders (Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso) for most of the season.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The OpenAI blessing: OpenAI introduced its Operator web agent and a number of collaborations with companies like eBay , DoorDash , Instacart , Booking Holdings ’ Priceline, Etsy and Uber , among others.
—Kavitha Shastry, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
The new President’s blessing, however, is a win both for OpenAI – which like all tech companies has attempted to position itself in Trump’s favor – and for Trump himself, who has seized on AI as a means for strengthening the U.S. economy and achieving dominance over China.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Oklahoma City has had some absolute blessings from the shooting variance gods to pull this off, but on the other hand the Thunder have been without two of their best defenders (Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso) for most of the season.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Blessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blessing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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