as in thankful
experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight
the news of the child's safe return made us all joyful
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Recent Examples of joyful
Title 9 is a joyful celebration of women in sports.
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Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Debate on how to live a long and joyful life is an inevitable theme.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Mrs Alice is all about bringing people together around a table to encourage joyful moments, and this collection came about after long, late-night discussions around fertility, surrogacy, pregnancy and motherhood.
—Princess Beatrice, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025
Lucky Charms Rainbow Sprinkles Lucky Charms Rainbow Sprinkles cereal boasts a delicious birthday cake flavor with confetti sprinkle pieces, making every bite a joyful explosion of fun.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyful
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Future you—the one who’s trying to get dinner on the table for your party of nine—will be thankful.—
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Rubio told the minister to be thankful that the Russians are not standing on the Polish border right now.—
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When Trump won the GOP nomination, these planners (many of whom were former Trump staffers, appointees or admirers) were delighted.—
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In October 2023, CNN met Quigley’s two middle-school-age daughters, who seemed delighted to spend time with her.—
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Read More About: MTV RuPaul's Drag Race TV News TV Ratings Subscribe to Deadline Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy.—
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They’re actually formulated with moisturizing ingredients like (vitamin E and hyaluronic acid) to nourish the skin, with noncomedogenic options to keep acne-prone skin happy.—
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The charms are at a significantly lower price point, and Macaulay is glad to be opening the brand up to a broader base.—
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Looking ahead, the pair is glad to be staying in Florida with their husbands and their kids, Hoedt's 7-week-old Margaret and Mellquist's 19-month-old Willow.—
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The survey also found that blue-collar workers are less satisfied with their jobs than workers in other sectors.—
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While Green Bay was a playoff team, the Packers and head coach Matt LaFleur were not satisfied with merely being a playoff team last year.—
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Gabriela Jaquez made sure to marinate in this moment, bouncing gleefully toward half-court while her teammates formed a joyous mob.—
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It's supposed to be a joyous occasion, when families feast and purchase new clothes for children -- but most of Gaza's 2 million people are just trying to survive.—
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“Joyful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyful. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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