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Recent Examples of joyfully
Ron Seman was known as the master of the Indiana Dunes trails, spending years joyfully guiding thousands of people on journeys through its natural wonders.
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Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Uruguay, for their part, joyfully celebrated becoming the second team, after Italy, to win the World Cup twice.
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Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Our kitchens are joyfully overrun with colorful heirloom tomatoes, juicy peaches, and of course, sweet corn.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
This is a story of a community that lived joyfully and out loud, dancing to Spanish verse set to Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
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Rev. José Rodriguez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Courtesy of Strand Hill Properties Manhattan Beach’s Strand is Southern California coastline at its most joyfully choreographed.
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Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
After lunch, the survivors danced joyfully with one another, laughing and singing songs.
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Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
The Lindy Hop, an inventive, joyfully virtuosic dance to jazz, was developed in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Uruguay, for their part, joyfully celebrated becoming the second team, after Italy, to win the World Cup twice.
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Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Our kitchens are joyfully overrun with colorful heirloom tomatoes, juicy peaches, and of course, sweet corn.
—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
This is a story of a community that lived joyfully and out loud, dancing to Spanish verse set to Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
—
Rev. José Rodriguez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Courtesy of Strand Hill Properties Manhattan Beach’s Strand is Southern California coastline at its most joyfully choreographed.
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Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
After lunch, the survivors danced joyfully with one another, laughing and singing songs.
—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
The Lindy Hop, an inventive, joyfully virtuosic dance to jazz, was developed in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance.
—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.
—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyfully
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Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.
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There's a joyously wacky energy to this broad comedy on the whole, giving Rudd an interesting arc to play.
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Bond traders have not reacted as exuberantly to the news of the Iran détente as oil traders have.
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What is in tandem here is the exuberantly generative possibility of life itself (SCOBY, water) alongside the very synthetic polymers that are literally wrecking life on an individual and systemic level.
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My second appointment is with Dr Mohit Mangla, the allopathic consultant, who explains cheerfully that Tulåh prioritizes Ayurveda, albeit viewed through the lens of modern medicine.
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Most of them answered the phone cheerfully.
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Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
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Following that start, catcher Dalton Rushing giddily described Yamamoto’s brilliance, noting that even the reigning World Series MVP was able to experiment and try out some new sequencing while flexing his dominance.
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Ideally one composed of your old, gold, merrily-we-roll-along friends.
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Meanwhile, the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder continue to roll merrily along, seemingly intent on winning every championship in the near future.
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Crowe plays Manco Kapak, a nightclub owner from Albania who tells us, in an opening voiceover, that he has been happily settled in the United States for many years.
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My enthusiasm only increased when a three-part Christmas special was announced that same morning, which Tranter happily shared details about.
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Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls.
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Dina Powell McCormick weaves through the crowd, cheerily hugging people and introducing strangers to one another.
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“Joyfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyfully. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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