as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
with an exulting smile the winner of the tournament waved to the cheering crowd
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as in delighting
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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Adjective
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Most recently, the Princess of Wales, 43, made a triumphant return to the Irish Guards' St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17 after missing the event last year amid her health struggles.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025 -
This week, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco share a vulnerable highlight from their new collaborative album, Jessica Simpson makes a triumphant return to music with a country pop power ballad, and Japanese Breakfast delivers an appropriately melancholy track from her new LP.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Mizrahi - What was the proudest moment of your career?—
Isaac Mizrahi,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Was proud of winning the school’s first district championship in 20 years.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the show, Kristine sees Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid) as her next project, and her husband, Michael (Mark Duplass), is ecstatic to finally have a daughter.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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Riley is ecstatic and calls her mom Rachel (Alison Pill) for permission, who agrees to invite the artist over.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.—
Nathan Smith,
Vulture,
26 June 2024
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Their personal connection blossoms out into a quietly exultant scene with the rest of the cast and the crew, a symbolic utopia of shared purpose.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2024
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“Exulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exulting. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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