as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd
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Recent Examples of jubilant
Included in the government’s indictment is an excerpt from a jubilant email Smith sent to his co-conspirators (the ones who sound an awful lot like Mitchell and Bessoff).
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
In the meantime, the North was jubilant at the news of the arrests of the diplomats.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
These kids, though, seem more jubilant than might be expected for a Tuesday morning.
—Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
After the lockdown ended, the country was jubilant.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
In the meantime, the North was jubilant at the news of the arrests of the diplomats.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
These kids, though, seem more jubilant than might be expected for a Tuesday morning.
—Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
After the lockdown ended, the country was jubilant.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilant
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On his triumphant 10-day journey on the canal from Buffalo to New York City, when the Seneca Chief reached New York Harbor, Clinton poured a keg of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, symbolizing a union of two major bodies of water.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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Lewis Capaldi has made a triumphant return to music, two years after an emotional moment at Glastonbury led to the singer taking a break from his career.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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The sharpshooter is ecstatic to be in Charlotte — and sees his game being particularly well-rounded, beyond his prowess behind the arc.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2025
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Most players would be ecstatic to be drafted in the top five, but Bailey has been a major storyline throughout the entire draft process.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Our more than 18,000 Bombardier employees are proud to welcome this new, important customer to our family.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But despite everything, we were driven by passion and the desire to achieve results, and many Italians who lived there as immigrants were proud of us.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The exultant right-wing influencers who cheer on MAGA’s sassy clapback anti-diplomacy should remember that insulting another country’s politicians is like insulting someone else’s family.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Jubilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jubilant. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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