as in vigorousness
the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity
the exuberance of the housing market was an encouraging economic indicator
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Recent Examples of exuberance
The other, however, charged erratically through the tall green barley crops on another side of the field—zigzagging at top speed with an exuberance that left all sense of coordination behind.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Golden tackles the marathon takes with sheer exuberance, scatting and improvising her way through the many abrupt shifts in style.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
This bit of Broadway excellence (a product of its time, of course) is being produced in intimate fashion by the Blank Theatre Company, which has cast the show mostly with youthful actors, all of whom throw themselves at the material with much exuberance.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Shrewdly, once the exuberance ends, Flanagan lets the blahs back in.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Golden tackles the marathon takes with sheer exuberance, scatting and improvising her way through the many abrupt shifts in style.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
This bit of Broadway excellence (a product of its time, of course) is being produced in intimate fashion by the Blank Theatre Company, which has cast the show mostly with youthful actors, all of whom throw themselves at the material with much exuberance.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Shrewdly, once the exuberance ends, Flanagan lets the blahs back in.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exuberance
Noun
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The brightness and color reproduction are lackluster, almost as if Acer deliberately found the most middling budget screen possible.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2025
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To qualify as a bolide, an incoming meteor must reach the brightness of Venus, which, like the moon, is often visible in the daytime sky.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Late last week, some influential Democrats were saying that Lamont’s enthusiasm for his chief regulator may have cooled after PURA conceded destruction of the text messages.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Throughout, the cast of 17 exudes an unmistakable enthusiasm for the material, the onstage electricity radiating up the alpine slopes of the Guthrie’s expansive Wurtele Thrust.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The vibrancy of New York City is always compelling.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The studio spent significant time researching Mexican culture and history, which adds authenticity and vibrancy to a quest-like tale about redemption, understanding, and forgiveness that will be familiar to Pixar fans.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
19 June 2025
Noun
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When unbound, her hair was a resplendent halo of vitality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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The vitality of the microorganisms present determines the ultimate success of the pile, and an overly acidic environment can disrupt their activity.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
Noun
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However, there are more and more color-adjacent products coming onto the market that help refresh and add vibrance to your strands without any risk of damaging your hair or causing hard-to-fix mistakes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Luckily, that shift didn’t completely eradicate the charm and vibrance that made the original so iconic.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Variety will once again celebrate the next wave of animation trailblazers at its annual 10 Animators to Watch event on July 9 in Los Angeles.—
William Earl,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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First appearing as a genre-defining manga that ran throughout the 1980s, Akira is best known as the seminal 1988 anime that was a defining moment for adult animation and Japanese culture in terms of reaching a worldwide audience.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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My ever-mutable container, my compact symmetrical spirit vehicle, nothing wasted, nothing lacking, like a dressmaker’s dummy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Although modern historians still debate the exact details of his role, Craig’s life story captures the entrepreneurial spirit, religious fervor, and frontier innovation that shaped early America and led to the creation of one of the world’s finest spirits.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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