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Synonyms
delectation, delight, feast, gas [slang], joy, kick, pleasure, treat
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My vegetarian meal was like some kitchen sorcerer’s handiwork; somewhere in there was a corn flatbread like manna and mushrooms that certainly tasted magical to me. — Los Angeles Times, "On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling," 17 Aug. 2019 Indeed, the bills were manna for AIPAC, a throwback to the good old days when bipartisanship was the hallmark of pro-Israel endeavors. — Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, "Congress tackles the anti-Israel boycott, but bipartisanship is fleeting," 23 July 2019 But that request was manna from heaven, a gift from the basketball gods, and the team knew it. — Chris Mannix, SI.com, "Thunder Preparing for Fresh Start After Dealing Russell Westbrook to Rockets," 12 July 2019 This is like manna from heaven for proponents of more government spending and larger fiscal deficits. — John Greenwood And, WSJ, "Magical Monetary Theory," 4 June 2019 In economic terms for nursery growers, the tree was manna from heaven. — Adrian Higgins, The Seattle Times, "Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare.," 17 Sep. 2018 So that is the only thing that actually occurred at the time that manna for was with the Trump campaign. — Fox News, "How Rick Gates' testimony impacts Manafort trial," 8 Aug. 2018 So every war for them is like manna from heaven, since soldiers are laid to rest with flowers. — Linda Kinstler, Longreads, "Angrily Experiencing the Best Days of Our Lives," 27 June 2018 This payoff wouldn't come every time, though; game-players were constantly shifting, crouching, inching closer, stepping back from the wall, trying to conjure the message, getting only bits of AR manna instead. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "Facebook Built an AR Game at F8, But Nobody Knows Why They're Playing It," 2 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'manna.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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