as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd
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Recent Examples of jubilant
Upon meeting with his boss, the suspiciously jubilant Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), Thomas is tasked with traveling to a secluded castle in the Carpathian Mountains to obtain a Transylvanian nobleman's signature for the purchase of a decrepit Wisborg mansion.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Assad's departure prompted jubilant scenes in cities across Syria.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 14 Dec. 2024
While most Syrians are jubilant, including the millions of exiles who are beginning to find their way home from Lebanon, Turkey, and elsewhere, the fate of many Kurds expelled by Turkey previously from Afrin and other areas in the north is less certain.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Assad's departure prompted jubilant scenes in cities across Syria.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 14 Dec. 2024
While most Syrians are jubilant, including the millions of exiles who are beginning to find their way home from Lebanon, Turkey, and elsewhere, the fate of many Kurds expelled by Turkey previously from Afrin and other areas in the north is less certain.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilant
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The make-up concerts were rapturously received, and the triumphant SoFi dates even became a concert film.Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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The reinvigorated Charlotte Hornets earned a triumphant victory in their return home Tuesday night, ending a 10-game losing streak.Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 8 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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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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Ben Stiller, the director, executive producer, and a key creative force behind the show, is certainly too famous to show up at this pop-up, let alone stand outside of it among the people, snapping photos on his smartphone like a proud dad at his kid's dance recital.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 15 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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“Jubilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jubilant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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