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as in successful
having attained a desired end or state of good fortune
the triumphant bidder on the house
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as in proud
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
he was positively triumphant when the school troublemaker finally got expelled
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Recent Examples of triumphant
That obituary for the behemoths may have been premature, as the 2025 NBA season marked a triumphant return of lineups with multiple big men, which create more second chance opportunities via offensive rebounds and simultaneously protect the paint on defense.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
After years of hazy, fruity New England–style IPA dominance, the West Coast version has made a triumphant return.
—Kate Bernot, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
After over a decade, 'Ferris Bueller' star Mia Sara makes a triumphant red carpet return.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
This marked McGraw's triumphant return to the stage following a double knee replacement and three back surgeries.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 4 June 2025
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
After years of hazy, fruity New England–style IPA dominance, the West Coast version has made a triumphant return.
—Kate Bernot, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
After over a decade, 'Ferris Bueller' star Mia Sara makes a triumphant red carpet return.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 June 2025
This marked McGraw's triumphant return to the stage following a double knee replacement and three back surgeries.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphant
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One of them, fourth-liner A.J. Greer, explained what makes Florida so successful.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Now that the Israeli attacks have proven more successful than expected, and the Iranian response less effective, Trump is having second thoughts about staying on the sidelines.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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Looking at her grandchildren’s interest in a Juneteenth parade, Wendy Kimble can’t help but feel proud.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Diano, a three-time district and regional champion in traditional, was proud to win the FHSAA state championship with his parents in attendance.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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From November 11th to March 10th, 2026 the prosperous planet will be moonwalking.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
5 June 2025
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Series follows a first-generation Quebec entrepreneur, who came from nothing to built a prosperous business, and the image points to the atmosphere of the business world in the 1990s.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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Sami Gibson, the mother who initiated the change at Curtis Elementary, was ecstatic about the playground during its opening in 2018.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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Most players would be ecstatic with that statline after four quarters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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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
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These kids, though, seem more jubilant than might be expected for a Tuesday morning.—
Alex Backus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 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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The protests proved conclusively that Americans will not tolerate the deployment of the U.S. military in American cities, the constant line-stepping over constitutional boundaries, the arrests of political dissenters, or the arrogant defense of police-state tactics.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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In Aesop’s fable, the turtle (traditionally called a tortoise, which is a type of turtle) is a winner, a perpetual underdog who defeats the arrogant hare.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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“Triumphant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphant. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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