godsend
an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
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Once upon a time, Google’s Disavow Links tool seemed like a godsend to SEO practitioners everywhere.
Should you use Google’s updated Disavow Links tool? | Edward Coram James | January 6, 2021 | Search Engine WatchWhat’s more, unlike the lines that are sure to develop at mountainside ski lifts in traditional resorts this winter, cross-country skiing is a godsend for those seeking physically distanced activities.
Cross-Country Skiing Finds a New Home: the Industrial Midwest | Charu Kasturi | January 5, 2021 | OzyAnything a thru-hiker isn’t likely to carry themselves, from fruit and soda to cheeseburgers, will be a godsend.
A blessing in disguise’Looking back, Metcalf views his draft-day fall as a godsend.
Seahawks star DK Metcalf is impossible to miss. So how did the NFL miss on him? | Adam Kilgore | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostWe also spent time with the two Natchez Network Immigrant Support volunteers who were godsends in the chaotic days before Yariel’s release.
PHOTOS: The Blade returns to the Deep South | Michael K. Lavers | August 11, 2020 | Washington Blade
Bob McDonnell went from GOP family-values godsend to blaming everything on his ‘nut bag’ wife.
The Religious Right's 'Nice Guy' Who Threw His Wife Under the Bus | Patricia Murphy | September 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Hamas emerged as an increasingly powerful threat at the turn of the century, “Mosab was a godsend,” remembers Bar-Zohar.
Today, Google Books and other searchable text databases have been a godsend.
The Oxford English Dictionary: The Original Crowdsourcer | Josh Dzieza | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese sticks are a great help, and the wooden crash-helmets—a comparatively recent invention—are a godsend.
Plus, the Russian government decided to film the trial with as many as five cameras, which proved a godsend for the filmmakers.
Sundance’s Best Documentary: ‘Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer’ | Marlow Stern | January 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLooking at the matter in that light, would not such a trial be a godsend to the people of Hamworth?
Orley Farm | Anthony TrollopeThe post Power offered him was a veritable godsend, and he, in his way, became infinitely useful to his employer.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyThen leaving a bundle of magazines and illustrated papers on the table—a godsend to the men—he said good-bye and went out.
Black Rock | Ralph ConnorI know about how he felt and all and I sort of look on your coming at this particular time as a kind of a godsend.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie MorrowWe assured him we should give no trouble, and we were so wet and cold that any roof and shelter were a godsend.
South African Memories | Lady Sarah Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for godsend
/ (ˈɡɒdˌsɛnd) /
a person or thing that comes unexpectedly but is particularly welcome
Origin of godsend
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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