as in playfulness
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy
The children's ebullience was charming at first, but it could be tiring after a few hours.
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Recent Examples of ebullience
Palantir delivered blockbuster quarterly earnings on Monday that topped analyst estimates and sent CEO Alex Karp’s trademark ebullience into overdrive, even if the company’s stock didn’t follow along for the ride.
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Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Brazilian photojournalists on either side, both women, hugged me in an eruption of ebullience in the Lumière.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Mamdani clearly knows how to communicate ebullience, a talent that is all the more potent for its scarcity in current political life.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Brazilian photojournalists on either side, both women, hugged me in an eruption of ebullience in the Lumière.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Mamdani clearly knows how to communicate ebullience, a talent that is all the more potent for its scarcity in current political life.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ebullience
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From brands like Rolex I’m expecting a bit more playfulness, especially in the color direction—nothing too radical in terms of form but enough to get people talking.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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Others will tell you that the day and its playfulness were inspired by an Egyptian legend.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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In his teaching, Weil conveyed his love for Russian literature’s very lengthy — and at times dark and depressing — novels with enthusiasm and aplomb, colleagues recalled.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Clinton did not elicit the same enthusiasm, nor the same level of support, that powered Obama to victory twice.—
David M. Drucker,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Alvarez took to this culture of free-spiritedness.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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Students buzzed with eagerness as helmets and communication equipment were also passed around.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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The King is said to be eager to see his grandchildren, and with Charles battling cancer, there seems to be an eagerness to make the meeting happen sooner rather than later.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
2 Apr. 2026
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Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The new buoyancy is also evident in the two slices within this Golden State index.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Ebullience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ebullience. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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