as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
I've been on cloud nine ever since I landed my dream job
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Recent Examples of cloud nine
Does sinking into a soft mattress feel like cloud nine, or trigger your claustrophobia?
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Heather Cruickshank, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
Now, there is a cookbook that can teach them astrology in relation to food and give them yummy recipes that will take the bull to cloud nine.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Taylor Swift is still riding cloud nine after spending the weekend performing in her hometown.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
Flaim has been skating on cloud nine ever since.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
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Heather Cruickshank, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
Now, there is a cookbook that can teach them astrology in relation to food and give them yummy recipes that will take the bull to cloud nine.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
Taylor Swift is still riding cloud nine after spending the weekend performing in her hometown.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
Flaim has been skating on cloud nine ever since.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud nine
Noun
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These are important and if they are not statistically accounted for the technical skills of the game won’t be important and will be lost to the ecstasy of the home run and the agony of the strikeout.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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Throughout the trial, Ventura has been open about her prior dependence on opioids, as well as her use of MDMA, ecstasy, ketamine, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Thanks to her good karma, Maya had been reborn in the heavens as a god, but in Buddhism gods are not as spiritually advanced as Buddhas.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2025
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This lyrical drama, choreographed by Dell Howlett, floats at times like a movement-theater piece reaching for the heavens.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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One unexpected joy of League Pass life is the arena feed, which shows us what’s on the jumbotron during timeouts (mascot skits, archival content, dance promotions and many other frivolities).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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So think about joy as the experience and happiness as the idea.—
Jess Cording,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The perfect smile can be the key to self-esteem, to happiness, to personal connection.—
Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential observers of happiness and human nature.—
Gretchen Rubin,
CNBC,
11 May 2025
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The 30-year hit a high of around 5.03%, while the 10-year at one point topped 4.5%.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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Conditions are predicted to be mostly sunny with a high of 77 on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2025
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The wild-looking cab-less autonomous electric transport (AET) vehicles, which would not look out of place thundering down the highway in any science-fiction movie, are self-driving in most situations.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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The Chinese flotilla comprised the Type 075 amphibious assault ship Anhui; the Type 052D destroyer Suzhou; a pair of Type 054A frigates, the Zhoushan and the Xuzhou; and the Type 071 amphibious transport dock Longhushan—all identified by their hull numbers.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Just Like Heaven is one fun reminder that seventh heaven is finding a kindred spirit.—
Nathan Smith,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2024
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This birthday girl would soon grow up to be in seventh heaven.—
Alex Apatoff,
Peoplemag,
25 Jan. 2023
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The second book takes kids on a global culinary adventure, from slurping noodles in Japan to savoring tagines in Morocco and discovering the delight of gelato in Italy.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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My view is that a good payment policy is focused on customer delight and accommodation, while putting suppliers in control of the process and associated costs with the right tools in place to complete the transaction as smoothly as possible and monitor success.—
Bob Purcell,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Cloud nine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud%20nine. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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