1
as in to consecrate
to make holy through prayers or ritual
the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites
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2
as in to celebrate
to proclaim the glory of
bless the name of God
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3
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
blessed with a knack for glib conversation
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Recent Examples of bless
She has also been blessed with a keen theater sense which only adds to her depth of interpretation in songs.
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Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Any effort to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando has daunting obstacles to overcome, from private funding to political support to the whims of Major League Baseball’s owners, who must bless any move.
—Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
The love of their Lord has blessed and sustained them through these 82 years together.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
That’s exactly what happens, but our eyes (which are not blessed with high dynamic range) see a bright side of the moon and an almost black side as Earth’s shadow travels across it.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Any effort to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando has daunting obstacles to overcome, from private funding to political support to the whims of Major League Baseball’s owners, who must bless any move.
—Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
The love of their Lord has blessed and sustained them through these 82 years together.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
That’s exactly what happens, but our eyes (which are not blessed with high dynamic range) see a bright side of the moon and an almost black side as Earth’s shadow travels across it.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Bergoglio was consecrated into the priesthood as a Jesuit, a religious order explicitly averse to moving up within the ranks of the church hierarchy.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The creators of this medieval masterpiece have been lost to time, but it’s believed to have been commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux and William’s half-brother, to decorate the nave of the new cathedral of Notre-Dame of Bayeux, which was consecrated in 1077.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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Alan and Ann Simpson celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a community ice cream social attended by relatives and hundreds of others in a Cody park last summer.—
Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dozen Bakery off Nolensville Pike is celebrating this silliest of holidays with special pies and quiche.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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During her testimony in 2019, Wendi acknowledged that Charlie gifted her a television and joked that buying a TV was cheaper than hiring a hitman, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Japan gifted more than 3,000 cherry trees to the United States in 1912 as a symbol of friendship.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The film also dedicates a fair amount of its story to a skewering of self-actualization seminars.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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And several researchers who have dedicated their career to studying vaccine behaviors have not yet heard that their grants have been affected.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Goswami praised her collaborators but also thanked the AFA academy — and herself.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Mar. 2025
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Fans have praised the bout and the performance of both guys as Strickland became the new #1 contender for the World Title.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The music endows the revival with a fluidity that is made all the more haunting by the otherworldly echoes of Peter Rice’s sound design.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Reflecting this, Anglo-American law long endowed prosecutors with unrestricted authority to drop cases.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2025
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After the film climaxes in a predictable shootout, the title character − a Mexican cartel leader who undergoes gender-affirming surgery and is reborn as an activist − is sanctified and immortalized.—
Pamela Avila,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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God is so intimately present to his friends, the saints, that their very bodies are sanctified by his presence.—
Therese Cory,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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So, this rom-com isn’t likely to crack the AFI Top 100, but John Tucker Must Die commands hallowed ground in the revenge-movie canon.—
Lauren Sanchez,
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2024
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But long before stars like Hamilton, one name was hallowed: Ayrton Senna.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Bless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bless. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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