1
as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph
rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field
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2
as in to please
to give satisfaction to
news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war
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Recent Examples of rejoice
Rebecca Morin Swifties, rejoice for a new album!
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
While sports fans rejoice over a stronger radio signal for games and related banter, alternative-music lovers have lost another provider of songs by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana and Green Day.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Starbucks addicts and fall lovers alike, rejoice.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
After a long 3-year wait, Wednesday lovers can finally rejoice (or maybe just stare deadpan into the screen).
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
While sports fans rejoice over a stronger radio signal for games and related banter, alternative-music lovers have lost another provider of songs by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana and Green Day.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Starbucks addicts and fall lovers alike, rejoice.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
After a long 3-year wait, Wednesday lovers can finally rejoice (or maybe just stare deadpan into the screen).
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoice
Verb
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It’s left supporters on Capitol Hill delighted, frustrated, or wondering what’s next.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Monteverde’s cloud forest is a haven for nature lovers, with canopy walks and wildlife encounters that will delight young and old alike.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Get the recipe > Creamy, cheesy, and satisfying, this dip is sure to please at your next late-summer get together.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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Film studios have long struggled to make adaptations of video games that please critics and audiences, and some critics have suggested video games are tough to adapt because the sheer volume of gaming content has to be condensed to fit the length of a movie.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Dancing alone in her bedroom won’t satisfy her, especially after Hollywood claims her for a dance competition slash reality TV show.—
Eliana Ramage
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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His Coconut Grove home, as well as his wages as a city commissioner, have both been protected by the courts and cannot be collected to satisfy the judgment.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2022
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If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
26 Aug. 2020
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Few reality shows have warmed hearts (and satisfied sweet tooths) quite like The Great British Baking Show.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, scientists attributed this to warming waters resulting in less abundance of krill.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Harsh critics see it (rightly so, perhaps) as having little to no story, while fans love to exult in the silly CGI spectacles.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Ulla’s parents had exulted in Cancún because of the exchange rate; Sunny remembered a previous conversation about how they’d been excited to eat four tacos for a dollar twenty-five.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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One account published in 2002 by Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky claimed that the train carried cases of Bordeaux and Beaujolais wine from Paris, and that passengers feasted on live lobster and pork barbecue.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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With no football to feed, Blake Lawrence thinks DU hockey should continue to feast at the Frozen Four.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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Key Background Sunday’s men’s final comes one day after Aryna Sabalenka triumphed over Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the women’s singles final.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Intriguingly, both ties were played in West Germany, with Gladbach winning 6-0 in Augsburg before triumphing 10-0 in their own stadium in the second leg.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Rejoice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoice. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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