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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
Once again, Wallen ends 2025 at the center of the enduringly triumphant confluence of country, pop and hip-hop sounds — while forging his reputation as a charming, energetic performer who is redefining what mainstream success looks like for a country artist on a global scale.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2026
Talk about a triumphant return.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
The ordinary becomes triumphant.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Beauty trends are often cyclical and the latest to make its triumphant return to popularity is acrylic nails.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2026
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2026
Talk about a triumphant return.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
The ordinary becomes triumphant.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Beauty trends are often cyclical and the latest to make its triumphant return to popularity is acrylic nails.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphant
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The difference between successful entrepreneurs and everyone else?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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For Pérez, the motivation lies not only in executing a successful, personal comeback but building the team into one that can represent the whole of the Americas.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the reaction is just as vast, and even more persistent, Angela was proud to tell me about Moon Palace’s place as a node in a larger community network.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Now 32, the Canadian is the proud owner of 25 X Games medals, including 14 gold total and eight in the slopestyle discipline.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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America became the most powerful, prosperous nation on earth because of immigrants not in spite of them.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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With many people around the world fighting for their freedom, Dallas’ historical cemetery stands as an example of how a group of people who were historically oppressed and enslaved could become free and prosperous.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Blackhawks would be ecstatic for a second-round pick for him, but that’s probably a stretch.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Megan Thee Stallion – Megan seemed ecstatic that one of her longtime rap influences appeared on her hit song, Hot Girl Summer.—
Bridgette Bartlett Royall,
Essence,
30 Jan. 2026
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The atmosphere on the picket line was jubilant.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Storrie tells the jubilant patrons.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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Paltrow, in her first major non-Marvel role in a decade, plays a former star coming out of early retirement with exultant grandeur and aching vulnerability.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Georgia coaches were exultant.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the early years of his fame as a writer, Rushdie had something of a reputation for being prickly and arrogant, but Gibney’s portrait reveals a man mellowed by time and experience.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Jan. 2026
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Triumphant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphant. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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