happy for
idiom
: to be glad about (someone's luck or accomplishment)
It's great that he won the scholarship. I'm very happy for him.
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Doughnuts and coffees in hand, some of them joked about seeing each other look happy for the first time in weeks.
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Tobolowsky was happy for the material — much of it from a Sears that was being repurposed into an outpost of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — regardless of its condition.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Staff members spoiled him with attention, and Burrow left looking fluffy, clean, and happy for the rest of the day.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Harley, whose mother was dead by 1916, was happy for the finder to keep his note.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Tobolowsky was happy for the material — much of it from a Sears that was being repurposed into an outpost of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — regardless of its condition.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Staff members spoiled him with attention, and Burrow left looking fluffy, clean, and happy for the rest of the day.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Harley, whose mother was dead by 1916, was happy for the finder to keep his note.
—CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Happy for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy%20for. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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