rapturousness

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Noun
  • Just Like Heaven is one fun reminder that seventh heaven is finding a kindred spirit.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • This birthday girl would soon grow up to be in seventh heaven.
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Recorded on five reel-to-reel decks, the composer’s 1975 piece blends everyday and exotic sounds—human breath, cheeping frogs, bubbling geysers—into a passionate defense of the raptures of listening.
    Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But those are, in the rearview, mere filigree adorning the few tender years in which Richie retained absolute authorship of love’s true rapture.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • An injury prevented the director from carrying the award on his flight from Paris back to America, so his producer, Charles Gillibert, was charged with the transport.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • During the tournament, FIFA will deploy hybrid vehicles and encourage public transport, walking and cycling in coordination with host cities and public authorities, officials said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, the FDA rejected MDMA, a psychedelic drug commonly known as ecstasy, for treating PTSD, despite intense political pressure from veterans groups to approve it.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The move removes these products from the Schedule I category, which includes what the government considers to be high-risk and dangerous drugs such as heroin, LSD and ecstasy, to the lower-risk category of Schedule III.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The film captures the Nazi aesthetic, with Hitler standing alone before the masses giving a speech, the shadows cast across the Nazi Party rally grounds, and the euphoria on the faces of rallygoers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Dosunmu stepped to the free-throw line, the euphoria of a pending victory sweeping through the Target Center.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To see the paintings was, in a way, less important than the social exultation of having seen them.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The exultation that broke out inside the courtroom as Moss embraced her grown daughter, who was 5 when Moss was incarcerated, soon reached Mabel Bassett Correctional Center.
    Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Rapturousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapturousness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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