as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph
the winners of the Super Bowl spent the next week exulting in their victory
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Recent Examples of exult
This one, Washington’s fourth this season, left you feeling agita rather than exulted.
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Rafa Hernández-Brito, the Guardians’ Spanish-language broadcaster, exulted.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
While comedies like the BBC’s Man Like Mobeen were exulted for their authenticity, there is a view that UK drama is the domain of white writers, producers, and directors, and this has damaged representation.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
When Lionel Messi and Argentina at last exulted in Qatar a year and a half ago, edging France in a shootout to win an electrifying World Cup final, La Albiceleste finished rewriting a narrative that had followed it to every major tournament for nearly 30 years.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Rafa Hernández-Brito, the Guardians’ Spanish-language broadcaster, exulted.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
While comedies like the BBC’s Man Like Mobeen were exulted for their authenticity, there is a view that UK drama is the domain of white writers, producers, and directors, and this has damaged representation.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
When Lionel Messi and Argentina at last exulted in Qatar a year and a half ago, edging France in a shootout to win an electrifying World Cup final, La Albiceleste finished rewriting a narrative that had followed it to every major tournament for nearly 30 years.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exult
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Make Time for Tea Next door, Draper Blooms Tea Garden delights with a formal tea service that features scrumptious finger sandwiches, vanilla scones, seasonal jams, and bite-size sweets, like brownies and breads.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Gentle Great Dane Meeting New Baby Brother By Alyce Collins Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A toddler's adorable bond with his Great Dane companion has delighted the internet, showing that every boy needs a four-legged friend.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Make networking, socializing and participating in activities that bring you joy your priorities.—
Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
29 June 2024
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Acevedo’s treatment of magic as an everyday possibility is compelling, but there is also magic in the wonder, surprise, frustrations, and joys the characters experience in their relationships with one another.—
Nicole Chung,
Time,
25 July 2023
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Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2022
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If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
26 Aug. 2020
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This moment transitions from reflection to celebration; to triumph over the trials that once seemed insurmountable.—
Nick Jonas,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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This portable drone technology will inevitably empower smaller forces to outmaneuver larger opponents, echoing the guerrilla tactics that enabled American Revolutionaries to triumph over the British.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Maple syrup producers rejoice in the arrival of above-freezing days and below-freezing nights.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Mar. 2025
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Its pastor rejoiced Have the flu or know someone with it?—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Exult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exult. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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