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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
The 82nd Annual Golden Globes marked a triumphant return, celebrating inclusivity and excellence after years of reform and rebuilding.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
In addition to Saldaña's win for Best Supporting Actress, Emilia Pérez also won for Best Original Song and Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, which was the last award of the night and had the cast and crew feeling very triumphant.
—EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
New York will see the triumphant return of its grand dame, the Waldorf Astoria.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
But with the help of thousands of donors and workers, Notre Dame made a triumphant return as a symbol of French history and culture.
—Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
In addition to Saldaña's win for Best Supporting Actress, Emilia Pérez also won for Best Original Song and Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, which was the last award of the night and had the cast and crew feeling very triumphant.
—EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
New York will see the triumphant return of its grand dame, the Waldorf Astoria.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
But with the help of thousands of donors and workers, Notre Dame made a triumphant return as a symbol of French history and culture.
—Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphant
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The plan has been very successful in lowering inflation, allowing the President to deliver on one of his key campaign promises.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Aber’s book is successful in showing that self-hatred is the fruit not of a few particular traumas but rather of a hostile environment’s erosive drip on the psyche.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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Ben Stiller, the director, executive producer, and a key creative force behind the show, is certainly too famous to show up at this pop-up, let alone stand outside of it among the people, snapping photos on his smartphone like a proud dad at his kid's dance recital.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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Green would likely be proud of the award-winning bottles being produced today.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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Expanding offshore leasing is a practical, if not necessary, step to ensuring a prosperous America with abundant energy supply.—
James Broughel,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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The foreign policy chiefs in the White House believed firmly that cooperation was vital to securing a prosperous, peaceful and eventually democratic China.—
Jonathan Weisman,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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The title track starts off sounding like gamelan music, then turns into a busy-grooved evocation on finding catharsis by going for a swim at a busy beach, creating her own ecstatic iteration of traditional baptismal blues imagery.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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Breakthroughs in reasoning are why many AI experts waxed ecstatic over OpenAI’s release of its o3 and o3 mini models last month.—
Clint Boulton,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The triumphant touchdown of the company’s Nova-C lunar lander, called Odysseus, spurred jubilant cheers during the company’s webcast.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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These handmade trimmings, drenched in jubilant jewel tones, set the stage for a timeless holiday scene.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Dec. 2024
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Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.—
Nathan Smith,
Vulture,
26 June 2024
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Their personal connection blossoms out into a quietly exultant scene with the rest of the cast and the crew, a symbolic utopia of shared purpose.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2024
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Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald return as love interest Virginia Venit and arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, respectively, and the cast includes rookies like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce and pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those include genial second-year resident Dr. King (Taylor Dearden), arrogant intern Santos (Isa Briones), and doe-eyed med students Javadi (Shabana Azeez) and Whittaker (Gerran Howell).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Triumphant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphant. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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