as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph
the winners of the Super Bowl spent the next week exulting in their victory
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Recent Examples of exult
The duo exulted in success and strove to support a young family in a fickle industry.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
Wooldridge’s message mentioned Paul the Apostle’s exulting in the principles of faith, hope and love.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Competition for resources has renewed their old rivalry, and radical Islamist influencers on Telegram, a messaging app, have whipped up sectarian animosity between the two sides and have exulted in the murder and rape of Druze villagers.
—Steven N. Simon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2025
Harsh critics see it (rightly so, perhaps) as having little to no story, while fans love to exult in the silly CGI spectacles.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
Wooldridge’s message mentioned Paul the Apostle’s exulting in the principles of faith, hope and love.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Competition for resources has renewed their old rivalry, and radical Islamist influencers on Telegram, a messaging app, have whipped up sectarian animosity between the two sides and have exulted in the murder and rape of Druze villagers.
—Steven N. Simon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2025
Harsh critics see it (rightly so, perhaps) as having little to no story, while fans love to exult in the silly CGI spectacles.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exult
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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But Carolina triumphed in the three-way tiebreaker, by virtue of its better overall record against the other first-place teams.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Jan. 2026
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The first two semi-finals were drawn, with Leeds triumphing 1-0 in the second replay, all played out before a combined total of 173,500 people at Hillsborough, Aston Villa’s Villa Park and Burnden Park in Bolton.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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Dokoupil visited Doral’s El Arepazo gas station, where locals have been rejoicing, and later hit up Made in Italy gelateria.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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So for at least one night, Brazilian fans got to rejoice as Gui Santos got to play extended minutes.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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