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boon

noun as in benefit, favor

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The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

Apple is already positioning egg freezing as a boon to women at the company.

Adding vehicles to the grid could be a boon to vehicle and fleet owners in several ways.

That could be a great boon to the Peshmerga, but not without costs.

Now they do business year round, which has been a boon in times of economic crisis.

Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the Murderer gained, the ruler of nations.

And now, gentlemen, I have a boon to ask—where there is so much joy, why not make all happy at once?

The boon was granted, and I remember the wave of delight that swept over us, and how we enjoyed the long summer evenings.

He died on March 3rd, 1844, at the age of eighty, having given his subjects the precious boon of twenty-five years of peace.

Thus many artesian wells have been sunk in the Algerian Sahara which have proved an immense boon to the district.

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On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boon, such as: blessing, godsend, windfall, benefit, benevolence, and break.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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