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

“I’m way past menopause, thank God, but I care about other people.”

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

"It wasn't so much as like a celebration, just thank God I'm done. I can just lay down for a second."

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

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 thank God that we have been slow followers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

There had been a terrible storm in Europe that entire week, he told me, and it had hurt the invasion, but it was over now, thank God.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok