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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers
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as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell
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Recent Examples of rapt
As years’ worth of disclosures and recriminations erupted into the open, the serene Jean-Baptiste held us close and rapt.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Mark Hamill made his pitch for the Harris-Walz ticket to a rapt audience.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
Blakely regaled a rapt audience with hilarious tales from the early days of hustling and working tirelessly to see her dreams come to fruition.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Here are 10 of the songs that held us rapt throughout the year.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Mark Hamill made his pitch for the Harris-Walz ticket to a rapt audience.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
Blakely regaled a rapt audience with hilarious tales from the early days of hustling and working tirelessly to see her dreams come to fruition.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Here are 10 of the songs that held us rapt throughout the year.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapt
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In the show, Kristine sees Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid) as her next project, and her husband, Michael (Mark Duplass), is ecstatic to finally have a daughter.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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Riley is ecstatic and calls her mom Rachel (Alison Pill) for permission, who agrees to invite the artist over.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Somewhere up there in Hoops Heaven, Stormin’ Norman Sloan is one giddy Gator who is almost certainly feeling validated and vindicated about the SEC’s basketball awakening.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Indian cricket legend Harmanpreet Kaur was euphoric, roaring loudly into the Mumbai sky and echoed by 15,000 giddy fans at the Brabourne Stadium.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
Ambuj Tewari,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
Erwin A. Bauer,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2024
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Those who are interested in learning more about Dollywood employment opportunities can visit dollywoodjobs.com.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The filing indicates that there was at least one other interested bidder for the library assets.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapt. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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