thank God

Idioms  

1. Also,. I'm grateful, as in Thank God you arrived safely, or We didn't, thank goodness, run out of food, or Thank heaven the book arrived on time. These ejaculations originally expressed gratitude to divine providence but today tend to be used in a more casual way. [c. 1200]

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thank God

Well, thank God the Dodgers broke baseball’s longstanding tradition of segregation long before Roberts, who is Black and Japanese American, was born!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

"I left with my two young daughters and my two elderly relatives. But thank God we got out alive. The building can't be lived in. But we're alive, which is what matters," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

"We thank God because... we're alive, but there are people right now suffering with their relatives buried, with their relatives crushed and they can't get them out."

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

So many of us would just give up, but he just had this resolve to continue, and thank God he did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

For these blessings and to help insure that He would continue to favor them, the city of Chutreaux wished to thank God.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay