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Recent Examples of triumphalism
Moreover, a side-by-side comparison between past and present Superman franchise installments underscores what would appear to be a softening market for uniquely American superhero triumphalism.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
One reason to avoid triumphalism is that the war’s effect is still not clear and could in the long run be the opposite of what Israel seeks.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Despite the White House’s triumphalism about the shuttering of penny production, the move is belated in global terms: Australia and New Zealand and Canada have all discontinued the equivalent currencies a decade and more ago.
—Antoinette Burton, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Inside, the breathless triumphalism continued nonstop.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
One reason to avoid triumphalism is that the war’s effect is still not clear and could in the long run be the opposite of what Israel seeks.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Despite the White House’s triumphalism about the shuttering of penny production, the move is belated in global terms: Australia and New Zealand and Canada have all discontinued the equivalent currencies a decade and more ago.
—Antoinette Burton, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Inside, the breathless triumphalism continued nonstop.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphalism
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Instead of the oil-baron excess of Dallas or the leather-and-chrome bravado of contemporary money dramas like Billions, Carter favors seductively austere minimalism and high-ticket abstract art.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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Capable of earning respect from older players who can sense false bravado.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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This propensity for mental acrobatics, alongside his immense arrogance, was how Epstein rationalized his crimes to himself.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Using him comes across as arrogance.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president’s dirigible-sized ego.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
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By the late 1990s, the mob’s influence, along with the swagger, the social clubs and the handshakes on Mulberry Street, had diminished.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Some lean cozy and classic, others go bold with cowboy swagger or a drizzle of hot honey, but all of them guarantee clean plates.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Townshend-esque vibe is much stronger on Argent's original version of this song, but Kiss' reinvention is a vast improvement, weeding out the prog-rock bombast while venturing into Mott the Hoople territory.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Those blockbusters happen to an audience, flattening them with a bombast their living rooms can’t replicate.—
Robert Rubsam,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The album is a hot mess of conflicted emotions, empty braggadocio, poor technique, and heartbreaking yet tiresome crying jags.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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The first singles from Carey’s 16th album are dripping with braggadocio with her inimitable voice wafting like smoke.—
Matthew Schnipper,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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After all, as Everett reminds us with comic pomposity: The journey matters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 July 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Triumphalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphalism. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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