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providential

[prov-i-den-shuhl] / ˌprɒv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl /


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Nearly 60 years after Babilonia and Gardner skated together for the first time, the decision to pair them seems inspired, even providential.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Efraín, meanwhile, welcomes her as a sort of providential poet of the underclass, and wants her to read at the opening of a poetry festival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"Many people say it was a providential moment. It probably was."

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Everything else, he seemed to suggest, will follow, almost automatically, from that providential arrival.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2024

“It’s just providential, as my mother used to say,” Mrs. Richardson had told her husband on hearing the news.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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