successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl 
1
: resulting or terminating in success
a successful attempt
2
: gaining or having gained success
a successful investor
successfulness
noun
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Examples of successful in a Sentence
the play had a successful run on Broadway
sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii
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After meeting in the sauna in their condo’s fitness center, the two strike up an easy and thoughtful rapport, bonding over the many intricacies of being a successful Black man in a white world.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 June 2024
Scientists also orchestrated the first successful artificial insemination of a giant panda outside of China.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
The facts and the law behind New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s successful prosecution of Donald Trump could be argued at length.
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—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 June 2024
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 June 2024
Scientists also orchestrated the first successful artificial insemination of a giant panda outside of China.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
The facts and the law behind New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s successful prosecution of Donald Trump could be argued at length.
—Ronald Sievert, The Conversation, 1 June 2024
So far, however, the center-right Républicains party, which would be pivotal in a successful no-confidence vote, has refused to coalesce with other groups to bring down the government and is unlikely to on Monday.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 June 2024
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successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl
1
: resulting or ending in success
2
: gaining or having gained success
successfulness
noun
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