as in fortunate
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
winning the lottery could not have come at a more providential time for the recently laid-off worker
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Recent Examples of providential
Russia’s longstanding pursuit of a global position beyond its means—its aspiration to be a providential power, with a special mission in the world—has led it, again and again, to autocratic rule.
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WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
Many a past biographer has observed that Lincoln understood himself as an actor in a providential drama.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
Church tradition affirms the providential nature of international commerce.
—Dylan Pahman, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2022
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WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
Many a past biographer has observed that Lincoln understood himself as an actor in a providential drama.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
Church tradition affirms the providential nature of international commerce.
—Dylan Pahman, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for providential
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One thing that’s fortunate is that as much as Boygenius fans loved you together, and not everybody got to see a show, the vast majority want just as much to hear the solo records that are coming.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The crowd at Kauffman Stadium for opening day was full of children fortunate enough to be on spring break to see the Royals play the Guardians, along with adults passing on their own love of the spring tradition.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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The movie debuts on May 23 and if its profits compensate for Snow White's loss then Disney may get its happy ending after all.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Solomon said retirement is idolized as a wonderful stage in life when officers are expected to be happy while a reckoning is happening in their minds.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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Very lucky, since SKATE left me with 399 words and LINER only cut that to 49.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The crime film will be lucky to even crack the top five in its debut.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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Relocating from the Central Valley and bumping into Harrison turned out to lead to a fortuitous opportunity.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Borgen’s skate blade history and the GM meeting development leads off my weekly observations column, which covers losses to the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs plus Saturday’s fortuitous win against the Vancouver Canucks.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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The increase in antisemitism is not coincidental, Sachs posits, constructing a case in which Hamas began seeding anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate as far back in the early 1990s with a meeting the FBI secretly recorded at a Philadelphia hotel.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The league is poorer for their loss, and the drop in the ACC’s overall basketball prowess isn’t coincidental.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Providential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/providential. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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