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cheering

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noun

cheering

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verb

present participle of cheer
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheering
Adjective
  • More than 100 teens have stopped by the Anaheim center, and — this is encouraging — 17 of them have made a return visit.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Those price drops are encouraging and should help families who are hurting from the high cost of living.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Montecito High School Para-educator Lindsay Swanson, an employee since August 2015, was praised for her passion and dedication while serving with a cheerful and positive demeanor.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
  • The show follows the adventures of José, a cheerful and curious character, along with his best friends —Obi, a playful rabbit, and Kim, a curious monkey.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Following the film's premiere screening at Cannes on Saturday, the audience gave a five-minute standing ovation.
    Carita Rizzo, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • Giving his inauguration speech, Cunningham received continual rounds of applause and several standing ovations.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman has announced an internal investigation into a November police shooting that killed a mother and her baby, while applauding the officer who fired the fatal bullets.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Some Jewish groups are applauding the effort.
    Jeff Zeman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Prevost appeared Thursday wearing a bright red shoulder cover and an ornate stole – in keeping with Catholic tradition but departing from the simplistic white that Francis wore onto the same balcony 12 years earlier.
    Eric Bradner, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • When 89 votes were reached, the room burst into applause.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Van Etten exclaimed after the audience’s rapturous applause.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Reed said students in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade can be shy about making errors, especially when reading aloud, but assuring them that mistakes are okay will grow their confidence to keep trying.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
  • No Republicans signaled opposition to Huckabee’s nomination, assuring his passage.
    The Hill, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Soto should, of course, get a loving reception from the Bleacher Creatures on Friday night, no?
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Tina Knowles remembers growing up in a loving and raucous family of nine.
    Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
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“Cheering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheering. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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