successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl 
1
: resulting or terminating in success
a successful attempt
2
: gaining or having gained success
a successful investor
successfulness
noun
Examples of successful in a Sentence
the play had a successful run on Broadway
sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii
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The Know, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
After years of delays and testing setbacks, Dark Eagle has recently gained momentum through successful flight tests and production contracts.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Judge Cooper also stated that the highly prestigious Board of the Center was not authorized to add on the name ‘TRUMP’ despite the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars of my time and money will be necessary for its successful reincarnation.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2026
Similar to naturally occurring pregnancies, there is drop off at each step of the journey from an unfertilized egg to a successful birth.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 31 May 2026
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successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl
1
: resulting or ending in success
2
: gaining or having gained success
successfulness
noun
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