as in joys
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar
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Recent Examples of ecstasies But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football. —
Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ecstasies
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Co-created with local parents and their young children, the show explores the joys and impermanence of raising children, carrying children through life and witnessing a child’s journey.— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
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Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
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This means acknowledging the pleasures of looking back in time, while remaining attentive to the ways that schools too often worsen, rather than challenge, inequalities among students.— Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
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The sweet satirical soupçon, now at the Nederlander Theatre, extends Apple TV’s tribute to the optimistic pleasures of the art form to its mother source.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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But in the city’s 163-year history, its residents have never gotten the chance to explode into raptures as their local soccer team secured a competitive win on Idaho soil.— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2026
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In between is a stretch of smaller hotels, restaurants, and bars, including French restaurant Jacala, where steak tartare is prepared table-side by host Jacques, and the calamari risotto will have you in raptures.— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
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Given the generous proportions of the restaurant coupled with its unhurried atmosphere, guests seemed to linger longer than necessary, drawn out eventually by the delights awaiting them at the hotel’s doorstep.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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For the fourth year, the Consulate of Portugal in San Francisco and the Portuguese Trade and Investment Agency (AICEP) are teaming up to introduce diners to the delights of Portuguese cuisine.— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.— Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
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Its graphic clarity teems with ornament and glitter, visual intoxications that signal delusions and snares.— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Ecstasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/ecstasies. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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