successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl 
1
: resulting or terminating in success
a successful attempt
2
: gaining or having gained success
a successful investor
successfulness
noun
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the play had a successful run on Broadway
sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
The team looks to focus on their successful bakeries, according to previous Bee reporting.
—Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
On current trends, South Korea’s population will fall two-thirds in the next century, despite moderately successful efforts to boost births; those efforts are utterly swamped by structural factors discouraging parenthood, Works in Progress reported.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
It was set up by a 41-yard Christian McCaffrey run, as the veteran had another successful week on the ground.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl
1
: resulting or ending in success
2
: gaining or having gained success
successfulness
noun
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