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Recent Examples of hooray
So academics on the left and newspapers and so on, essentially saying that the American Revolution was all about slavery and that Britain was allowing the slaves to be freed, and all of this, so hooray for Britain, which was a very improbable development.
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Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
The series was expressly marked as preparation for Australia’s full tour in 2027 (hooray, finally some selection foresight), but those runs might not go unnoticed in the more immediate future.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, hooray for the archive!
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
There were a lot of screws, but they were all separated into individual bags, and each part of the shed was clearly stamped with a part number (hooray for not having to peel off a bunch of stickers).
—Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Robots that don’t squish people into goo, hooray!
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2017
Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
The series was expressly marked as preparation for Australia’s full tour in 2027 (hooray, finally some selection foresight), but those runs might not go unnoticed in the more immediate future.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, hooray for the archive!
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
There were a lot of screws, but they were all separated into individual bags, and each part of the shed was clearly stamped with a part number (hooray for not having to peel off a bunch of stickers).
—Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Robots that don’t squish people into goo, hooray!
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooray
Interjection
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And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot.—
Mark Meszoros,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
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How about Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns (hey, the Browns’ owner, Jimmy Haslam, also owns the Bucks now)?—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Interjection
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The Enthoven family refer to themselves as custodians of Spier, an indication of their long-view commitment to their 620-ha parcel of land.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Directed by Kim Min-ha as a standalone sequel to his 2024 feature, the film stars Han Sun-hwa as a passionate student teacher who, along with a high school black magic club, must survive a supernatural, deadly version of a mock exam orchestrated by a 400-year-old samurai ghost.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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“Hooray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooray. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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