as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph after their first World Series championship in 86 years, Bostonians felt that they had earned the right to exuberate with abandon

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Verb
  • SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
    Max Springer, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Their incredible restraint and tolerance for the small, noisy bird delighted viewers.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 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
  • 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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  • The worrying thing for Saturday's host is the fact that both teams managed to triumph on each other's turf, with Atalanta winning 3-1 at this venue in November 2024.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In their place, video-first talk formats have triumphed, with podcasting now principally looking more like daytime radio or, for that matter, television.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Exuberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exuberate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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