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Recent Examples of cheer
Verb
Titans fans cheered inside the draft theater after hearing Ward’s name called. Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025 Titans fans cheered inside the draft theater after hearing Ward's name called. NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
When Golden took the stage, there was a roar of cheers and fireworks exploded over the city. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025 After being picked, Golden made his way from the green room to the draft stage where Green Bay fans greeted him with exuberant cheers. Greg Bates, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cheer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheer
Verb
  • On the touchline, meanwhile, Guardiola was extremely animated, pleading with his fans to have patience and applauding Ake’s more conservative decision.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • After Fitzgerald’s death, a wave of eulogies applauded the author, and at least a couple of them hailed his Jazz Age novel as a classic.
    Alexander Manshel, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For years, generative AI vendors have reassured the public and enterprises that large language models are aligned with safety guidelines and reinforced against producing harmful content.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Boeing also reaffirmed its full-year delivery and cash flow targets, helping reassure investors after a series of high-profile setbacks and production slowdowns.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Achieving that would bring not just sporting glee but could also solve many of their financial problems, with the tournament’s new format providing clubs with even more wealth.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Democrats were generally hiding any glee over their fortune, but some acknowledged the shifting winds.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The risk to borrowers’ credit scores dates back to policy decisions made when former President Joe Biden's administration resumed federal student loan payments after a period of relief that had been enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 May 2025
  • Civil Code 5501 gives boards an option of some relief from this requirement, and removing that option makes volunteer board service that much harder.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • This is a slightly moving target because of the variable ABV of the spirit—a 40 percent whisky will need less sweetness than a 45 or 50 percent whisky—so the above ratio is a guideline based on a 40 or 43 percent scotch.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Good Americans and all institutions must stand tall to save America – as the spirit of Wallace, the descendants of slave owners, and like-minded folks must not prevail.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and earned a six-minute standing ovation, Fraser plays a reclusive writing professor, Charlie, attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
    Diana Pearl, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • By that point, City were rampant — and nobody did more to change the pattern of the match than De Bruyne, who was given a standing ovation when he was substituted late on.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • More recently, Brady praised Patrick and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the Chiefs duo surpassed Brady and Rob Gronkowski’s record for postseason touchdowns by a pair in NFL history in 2024.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • Star Florence Pugh and director Jake Schreier praise Marvel for making a big-budget comic book movie about such an emotional and real issue.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • No rival can have higher merit payments than the team finishing in first, while Liverpool are also assured of the highest facility fees payout after being televised 29 times in the UK this season, the same as Arsenal.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Starting with simplicity as your goal or focus will almost assure a lousy result.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Cheer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheer. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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