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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At the final, triumphant chord, the auditorium erupted in what may have been elation mixed with relief at the successful conclusion of a dangerous stunt.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
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The film marked a triumphant critical breakthrough for Anderson, who rose to stardom as a bombshell blonde lifeguard in the ’90s series Baywatch but had long been excluded from awards conversations.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The proud dad, 40, and his oldest child made history in October 2024 by becoming the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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Green would likely be proud of the award-winning bottles being produced today.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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The title track starts off sounding like gamelan music, then turns into a busy-grooved evocation on finding catharsis by going for a swim at a busy beach, creating her own ecstatic iteration of traditional baptismal blues imagery.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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Breakthroughs in reasoning are why many AI experts waxed ecstatic over OpenAI’s release of its o3 and o3 mini models last month.—
Clint Boulton,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 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 29 Jan. 2025.
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