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boon

CEFR: C2

A timely benefit, major economic advantage, or helpful blessing that greatly stimulates commercial prosperity or efficiency.

Synonyms

godsend
blessing
windfall

Common Collocations

boon to the economy
tremendous boon
prove a boon

Example Sentence

The expansion of high-speed undersea fibre-optic cables proved a major economic boon for IT outsourcing hubs in South Asia.

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