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Recent Examples of hallelujah
Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
And a road win without Pat Surtain II would be the surest hallelujah yet.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2025
Read: What parents of boys should know Hess does all of this without sharing a drop of advice—hallelujah.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024
For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
—Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Interjection
Topics include improving meetings (oh hallelujah!), the pitfalls of charisma and how to avoid that trap, navigating bureaucracy, and how to stop chasing perfectionism.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Noun
Cronenworth hit a grounder to the left side in last night’s eighth inning, crossed first base before the throw and raised his hands in a sort of hit hallelujah.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
And a road win without Pat Surtain II would be the surest hallelujah yet.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2025
Read: What parents of boys should know Hess does all of this without sharing a drop of advice—hallelujah.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024
For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
—Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallelujah
Interjection
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But hey, the factory workers do finally get their pizza party during the credits!—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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But hey, at least Glory gets to go home.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Nazi parades set to electronic hype music; paeans to Third Reich governance.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, the collection seemed to be a paean to rejects.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Interjection
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It's got some cool combat sequences, a-ha puzzle moments, and — of course — the simple joys of revisiting past areas to seek out energy and missile tanks.—
Vincent Acovino,
NPR,
2 Dec. 2025
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Tagovailoa’s footwork is what drives his throws, and tha ha’s been off for most of this season.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This is the starting point of Earth 7, Deb Olin Unferth’s stellar and sweeping science fiction novel that is part cosmic comedy and part dirge to our dying world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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This offers respite from the music ever feeling too dirge-like.—
Brendan Hay,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The biggest difference is probably how Laurie plays the final requiem.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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Any story is a history in which politics and event are portrayed in human terms—not as tract or politics but as inquiry, warning, requiem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism.—
Mara Reinstein,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Nov. 2025
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Some Evidence Is Better than Others A frequent lament in exercise science is that the studies are either small or poorly designed.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
17 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Gallagher is also excited about Psalms of the People (Salim Nan Daoine), Jack Archer’s Gaelic-language documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Hallelujah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallelujah. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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