She takes over the position at an auspicious time for the newspaper.
‘Unstoppable innovator’: The meteoric rise of Meredith Kopit Levien, the next New York Times CEO|Steven Perlberg|August 19, 2020|Digiday
In June 2013, the team called up Yasiel Puig, whose auspicious debut ended with him running down a warning-track fly ball and, still backpedaling, firing it to first for the game’s final two outs.
The Dodgers’ Legacy May Depend On This Short Season|Robert O'Connell|July 13, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
But even though 2014 is only halfway over, it already seems like an auspicious year for the “other” parent.
Is 2014 ‘Year of the Dad’?|Andy Hinds|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The timing is auspicious for such a move with the Tiananmen anniversary fast approaching.
Why China Hates This New D.C. Street Name|David Keyes|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was an auspicious time for a 21-year-old woman to publicly document her sexual escapades and humiliations.
Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism?|Lizzie Crocker|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet a screaming headline on the Drudge Report—SHARPTON WAS FBI MOB RAT—was hardly an auspicious way to begin a momentous week.
Al Sharpton: I’m No Snitch|Lloyd Grove|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That heritage is probably just as auspicious as is proprietorship of The Tonight Show.
Jimmy Fallon’s Brilliant ‘Tonight Show’ Debut|Tom Shales|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I received two Cranford letters on one auspicious October morning.
Cranford|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
His removal to Louisville, at this time, is regarded by the friends of the Church in this region as a most auspicious event.
Gleanings by the Way|John A. Clark
At this auspicious moment a knock sounded at the kitchen door.
Anne Of Avonlea|Lucy Maud Montgomery
When these have been satisfactorily concluded, an auspicious day for the wedding is selected in consultation with the astrologer.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
As an auspicious omen on Kamattawa Indian summer came down with its fragrant sigh and its transient flash of yellow radiance.
The Law of the North (Originally published as Empery)|Samuel Alexander White
British Dictionary definitions for auspicious
auspicious
/ (ɔːˈspɪʃəs) /
adjective
favourable or propitious
archaicprosperous or fortunate
Derived forms of auspicious
auspiciously, adverbauspiciousness, noun
usage for auspicious
The use of auspicious to mean `very special' (as in this auspicious occasion) should be avoided