boon definition | what is boon-meaning | define boon in a sentence

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a timely benefit

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favor

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Rising timber prices have been a boon for illegal loggers.

(source: Voice of America)

 

The record-high prices have been a boon to some large companies, but the oil service industry has yet to show much gain.

(source: Voice of America)

 

Hosting the World Cup has been a boon to South Africa's economy and has yielded many additional job opportunities for workers. 

(source: Voice of America)

 

Broadband access is expected to reduce the digital divide between Africa and other continents. It is also expected to be a major boon to many local industries, especially ones based on outsourcing.

(source: Voice of America)

 

Nations of ASEAN, now 10 members strong, have come to see China and its fast-growing economy no longer as a threat but as a potential boon for their exports and a partner in the age of globalization.

(source: Voice of America)

 

By enabling hundreds of millions of people all over the world to communicate directly with each other and to exchange scientific, cultural, and news information almost instantaneously, the Internet has been a huge boon to global trade, as well as an ongoing experiment in untamed democracy

(source: Voice of America)

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The pursuit was delayed while they discussed who should march in front, and this gave Duchess Brownie time to cast herself before the Queen and demand a boon.

(source: James Matthew Barrie in 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens')

That was what all those unfortunates, who had come from so far, amid so many obstacles, wanted - that was the one boon they asked for, in their wild desire to live it over again, to live it always!

(source: Émile Zola in 'The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes')

cheerful and merry