as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the exultant winner of the award for best country artist of the year
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Recent Examples of exultant
The exultant right-wing influencers who cheer on MAGA’s sassy clapback anti-diplomacy should remember that insulting another country’s politicians is like insulting someone else’s family.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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
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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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exultant
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In the latest episode of the Fortune Crypto Playbook podcast—available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube—finance editor Jeff John Roberts and senior reporter Leo Schwartz discuss what this year will mean for the industry after its triumphant 2025.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Olympic medalist made a triumphant return to the mat for her senior year at UCLA — and opened the NCAA gymnastics season with a near-perfect performance seemingly inspired by her time on Dancing with the Stars.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Cleghorn writes speculatively and somewhat romantically of a culture in which women giving birth were sustained by ecstatic rites and practices conducted within the sacred protection of caves.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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After an ecstatic dance with Gerry, dreams of a likely proposal spinning in her head, Bundle heads to bed for the night.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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South Florida sports history is proud to have been the host for Crump’s barrier-busting history.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Big Ten is marching into the heart of Southern football with a proud swagger, daring any conference to challenge its claim as the power to beat in the College Football Playoff.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Some others face their last two days of work with the jubilant indifference of a senior on the last day of school before summer break.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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As a hip-hop bass drum reverberated from the jubilant visitors locker room Saturday backstage at Moody Center, the host Texas Longhorns had no choice but to take their medicine.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Jan. 2026
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