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a mood of joyous anticipation
a joyous crowd eagerly awaiting the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve
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Both were Oscar-nominated, alongside Anthony McCarten for his joyous screenplay.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
There was a different joyous homecoming on the other side of the divide.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 31 Jan. 2025
To subvert whiteness with Blackness as a cultural and psychological lingua franca cannot possibly undo the wounds that molded modern Blackness in the first place, a diasporic concern that places even the most joyous liberation and self-expression in an especially morose context.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Reserved, caring and joyous Shirley worked in construction on a work site near the street corner where he was murdered, Cornelius Burnett, his brother, told the Herald.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
There was a different joyous homecoming on the other side of the divide.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 31 Jan. 2025
To subvert whiteness with Blackness as a cultural and psychological lingua franca cannot possibly undo the wounds that molded modern Blackness in the first place, a diasporic concern that places even the most joyous liberation and self-expression in an especially morose context.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Reserved, caring and joyous Shirley worked in construction on a work site near the street corner where he was murdered, Cornelius Burnett, his brother, told the Herald.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Joyous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyous. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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