We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck. rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field
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Dance fans rejoiced this past July when beloved trio Above & Beyond released Bigger Than All of Us, their first entirely electronic studio album in seven years.—Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025 Now is that time; explore, rejoice and lean in.—Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025 The Dodgers got to rejoice again once Saturday night turned to Sunday morning, toppling the Toronto Blue Jays in a Game 7 classic to become baseball’s first repeat champions in a quarter century.—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rejoice
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaudēre to be glad — more at joy
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