as in joy
an elated, joyful feeling
The crowd cheered in exultation when the home team scored.
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Recent Examples of exultation
In came exultations of subjectivity and selfhood—the stuff of life that cannot be boiled down to facts and scientific data.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Billionaires and Icing There was exultation at Capital One Arena during a Sunday rally and at what was billed on Monday as an event to substitute for the inaugural parade.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
After a day of exultation, Serbia’s players and coaches mostly just wanted sleep.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
As the music blared, there was laughter, screams of exultation and once again tears.
—Michael Duarte, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exultation
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One unexpected joy of League Pass life is the arena feed, which shows us what’s on the jumbotron during timeouts (mascot skits, archival content, dance promotions and many other frivolities).—
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So think about joy as the experience and happiness as the idea.—
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These are important and if they are not statistically accounted for the technical skills of the game won’t be important and will be lost to the ecstasy of the home run and the agony of the strikeout.—
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Throughout the trial, Ventura has been open about her prior dependence on opioids, as well as her use of MDMA, ecstasy, ketamine, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs.—
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There’s a sinful sort of glee in watching all of this unfold, knowing that the same mournful character might be the next one to die.—
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Dougal is this boy turning into a man, who has so much anger in him and wants to prove himself, and there's such glee behind the eyes in the way that Sam plays this character.—
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Taiwan’s elation at Biden’s defense aid, support for American renewable energy and technology policy under the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act, or tying itself in with support for Ukraine has transformed into liabilities Taipei is hoping segments of the American electorate forget.—
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The Lakers’ elation one night earlier, after James tipped in the game-winning basket at the buzzer for a 120-119 win over the Indiana Pacers, eluded them on Thursday in a rematch with the Bulls, who had beaten them by 31 points last Saturday.—
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But turtles were seen popping their heads above the lake surface to the delight of many.—
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Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, who eventually finished in fourth, was among those who profited from the virtual safety car too, much to the delight of the tifosi cheering him from the stands on home soil for the first time.—
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“Exultation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exultation. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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