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also rhapsodical
as in giddy
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
the jingle used in the commercial is a humorously rhapsodic celebration of fast food
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Recent Examples of rhapsodic
In late 2022, most of those hours were taken up with Scott’s rhapsodic vision of the Copilot era.
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
On his 57th birthday, Colorado’s rhapsodic football coach was, as usual, flanked by in-house cameras.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
The rhapsodic regard the Internet Archive inspires is earned—without it, the world would lose its best public resource on internet history.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
Newspapers around the country published rhapsodic descriptions of the lavish wedding and followed the Carbonneaus on their honeymoon tour of Europe, running photographs of Mulrooney wearing furs and jewels in a mansion the couple rented in Nice.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Our mammoth game is the last one, which just has to make the NFL schedule-makers giddy.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The title track starts off sounding like gamelan music, then turns into a busy-grooved evocation on finding catharsis by going for a swim at a busy beach, creating her own ecstatic iteration of traditional baptismal blues imagery.Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Breakthroughs in reasoning are why many AI experts waxed ecstatic over OpenAI’s release of its o3 and o3 mini models last month.Clint Boulton, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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But unfortunately, the ones who did speak up with anything other than enthusiastic support from Mr. Hegseth immediately came under extremely volatile attack from everybody from President Trump down to his MAGA base.Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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The song became his biggest hit to date, as demonstrated by its impressive streaming numbers across various platforms and the enthusiastic interaction at live performances.Hala Mustafa, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
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Entrepreneurs recognize that the path is an intense marathon, not a euphoric sprint.Ted Ladd, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Post-match, Dan Burn, a lifelong fan, was euphoric, Fabian Schar winked his approval, Alexander Isak blew a kiss and even Howe, rather sheepishly, smiled towards the camera.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Rhapsodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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