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excitement

[ik-sahyt-muhnt] / ɪkˈsaɪt mənt /


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Even with all that excitement, Skydance still trades for a large discount to the goodwill alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"It's a mix of disappointment and excitement," said Yiting Li, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Michigan's Department of Astronomy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

When Jack Grealish breezed back into Everton in his white Lamborghini one hour before the end of this summer's transfer deadline, the excitement among supporters and the player himself was clearly evident.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The typically boring healthcare space has delivered a flash of excitement for investors in October, building on its gains from earlier in the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

That’s the most excitement we’ve seen from G in weeks.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

In the memoir, Ms. Dunham traces the struggles of her adult life—fame, illness, addiction—with touching emphasis on the early tremulous excitements of becoming well-known: the affirmation, the freebies, the invitations to glittering events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

And the anxieties and excitements of the day are a distraction.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2020

The excitements begin amidst blowing dust in Mexico, where in a remote desert some fighter planes missing since World War II suddenly reappear, engines ready to go at the touch of a switch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2017

The former experience the excitements of utopianism, the latter settle for prudence’s mild pleasure of avoiding disappointed dreams.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2016

She tried to see him through Aunty Ujus eyes, a man of wonders, a man of worldly excitements, but she could not.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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