as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd
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Recent Examples of jubilant
The mood at the auction house was jubilant.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
For instance, in between Avi’s 2004 plane ride that starts the episode’s main arc and its last-second flash-forward to 2022, the premiere revels in the rapid wordplay of a gentile girlfriend meeting a vibrant Jewish family and the general tomfoolery of a jubilant bar mitzvah.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
The Italy international, who had replaced Florian Wirtz six minutes earlier, raced away with his arms outstretched before embarking on a jubilant knee slide towards the corner flag.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Instead, many in the pro-Palestinian diaspora—and even at the highest levels of Palestinian official life—applauded the terror attacks with jubilant anti-Jewish enthusiasm.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
For instance, in between Avi’s 2004 plane ride that starts the episode’s main arc and its last-second flash-forward to 2022, the premiere revels in the rapid wordplay of a gentile girlfriend meeting a vibrant Jewish family and the general tomfoolery of a jubilant bar mitzvah.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
The Italy international, who had replaced Florian Wirtz six minutes earlier, raced away with his arms outstretched before embarking on a jubilant knee slide towards the corner flag.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Instead, many in the pro-Palestinian diaspora—and even at the highest levels of Palestinian official life—applauded the terror attacks with jubilant anti-Jewish enthusiasm.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilant
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And then there’s Oasis, currently on its triumphant global reunion tour.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Needless to say, fans have been waiting for the Limitless One to make his triumphant return.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The then-head football coach at Appalachian State was ecstatic for me.—
Ethan Joyce,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Given the ecstatic response from critics, thus far, to One Battle After Another, De Luca and Abdy would be mad not to.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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The low-key setting — a 6-0 thrashing of third tier opposition in the Carabao Cup third round — does not diminish the quality of strikes that Gomez’s former Inter Miami team-mate Lionel Messi would have been proud of.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the carousel, the proud parents shared the first photos of their newborn, as well as several pictures of their family of four.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Branch said one final time, then jumped into the air a few times before disappearing into a mass of teammates — exultant, relieved and … lucky.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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