delighted
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“We are delighted to invite this remarkable group of film artists and professionals from around the world to join the Academy,” academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a joint statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
"We are delighted that everything has progressed well so far," Are Holm, lung specialist at the hospital, said in the palace statement.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
The industrialist Edward Betts was so delighted with the epic work in 1859 that he paid £800 - £200 above the fee Landseer had requested.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
The modest showman with a keen eye for image and a penchant for drama would have been delighted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Hitler was so delighted when he heard the results of this agreement that he is said to have exclaimed, “Now Europe is mine!”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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