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Recent Examples of chuffed All were chuffed to participate. Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 A number of restaurants in Great Britain and Ireland must be feeling pretty chuffed today. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024 For most of the past eight weeks, city officials have had reason to feel chuffed, with no new cases involving local transmission (and usually only a handful at most every day elsewhere in China). The Economist, 20 June 2020 Anyway, the social media reaction has been pretty massive, from chuffed PSG fans heralding their new signing as the messiah, to Inter supporters wishing him well - or not so well - on his departure from San Siro. SI.com, 2 Sep. 2019 But over in Milan, fans were pretty chuffed about Icardi's departure. SI.com, 2 Sep. 2019 Other BBMAs attendees appeared chuffed to interact with Swift as well. Abby Jones, Billboard, 21 May 2018 Norfolk Islanders are proud of their unique culture and the lawn bowlers were chuffed to stand on a podium and watch the raising of their green and white flag that features the Norfolk Pine. Fox News, 8 Apr. 2018 Foddy, an unpresuming Australian with a doctorate in moral philosophy who now makes video games that purposely abuse their players, encouraged me not to get too chuffed about my entourage. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chuffed
Adjective
  • Walker, who died in 2023, was delighted to hear from her son but knew the voice was off.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The couple are delighted with the news and are very much looking forward to starting a family together.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The charms are at a significantly lower price point, and Macaulay is glad to be opening the brand up to a broader base.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Looking ahead, the pair is glad to be staying in Florida with their husbands and their kids, Hoedt's 7-week-old Margaret and Mellquist's 19-month-old Willow.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite his split with Stewart, Anderson remains thankful for his family.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • To those of us who have devoted our lives and taken risks for non-violence, those in complicity with decisions to cut library funding and remove books should be thankful.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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    Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • They’re actually formulated with moisturizing ingredients like (vitamin E and hyaluronic acid) to nourish the skin, with noncomedogenic options to keep acne-prone skin happy.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • While Green Bay was a playoff team, the Packers and head coach Matt LaFleur were not satisfied with merely being a playoff team last year.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The survey also found that blue-collar workers are less satisfied with their jobs than workers in other sectors.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Chuffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuffed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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