as in lucky
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
a heaven-sent offer to be the all-expenses-paid chaperone to some students on a trip to Paris
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Recent Examples of heaven-sent
Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful Lakes District – in the shadow of the Alps – seems heaven-sent for communing with nature.
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Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these.
—Jerel Ezell, STAT, 1 May 2026
We all heaven-sent / Epstein too.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
—Raynee Howell, Oklahoma Watch, 9 Feb. 2026
So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Long wearing makeup is a heaven-sent during white hot summers, especially when they are formulated with skin loving ingredients.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Phrased that way, mobile phones almost sound heaven-sent.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these.
—Jerel Ezell, STAT, 1 May 2026
We all heaven-sent / Epstein too.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
—Raynee Howell, Oklahoma Watch, 9 Feb. 2026
So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent.
—Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Long wearing makeup is a heaven-sent during white hot summers, especially when they are formulated with skin loving ingredients.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Phrased that way, mobile phones almost sound heaven-sent.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaven-sent
Adjective
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So lucky for you, several of its premium brands are on sale just in time for your summer itineraries.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
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Ings attacks every scene with a conspiratorial glint, the kind of presence who makes the camera feel lucky to have caught him.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Many of those staying are fans of the Surrey Hills Beaverbrook original, deliriously happy that there’s now an equally stylish offshoot in the capital, too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Duolingo is about to make a lot of language learners very happy.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Palace were fortunate that Rayo failed to convert two good first-half chances.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Kate was fortunate that a specialist recognized the signs early, as TED isn’t always obvious—especially when patients don’t have noticeably bulging eyes, a hallmark symptom of TED.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 May 2026
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“Heaven-sent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaven-sent. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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