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Six example sentences with propitious, each labelled with its topic.
Clear skies and calm seas made the morning propitious for the crossing, so the ferry left an hour early.
Travel
Falling hardware costs and eager customers made the year propitious for launching, and three rival companies filed papers the same month.
Startups
A wet spring and a mild June were propitious for the harvest, and yields beat every forecast the county had published.
Environment
Low rates and rising wages made a propitious moment to buy a first home, and applications doubled that spring.
Finance
The emperor waited for a propitious date from his astrologers before laying the foundation stone of the new capital.
History
A clear, moonless night is propitious for observing faint galaxies, so the telescope schedule follows the lunar calendar.
Science
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