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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers
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as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell
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Recent Examples of rapt
The crowd was rapt, not even looking at their phones.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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In Thursday’s latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, the president-elect’s MAGA base is ecstatic with his choices and believes that the Senate will bow to Trump’s wishes.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Nov. 2024
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While many fans will be ecstatic the rock band has returned with a new album and tour, others will shun them eternally, viewing this version as an affront to the memory of singer Chester Bennington, who died in 2017.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch is downright giddy about state Democrats' chances to increase their supermajority.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So far that's what's happening in Wyoming, Ohio, a fact that left police clerk Jessica Eastham sounding nearly giddy Friday morning.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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Because of this, absorbed sunlight isn’t reradiated in every direction equally but in some directions more than others.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
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Chemical sunscreen, also called absorbed sunscreen, works by absorbing the UV rays, converting them to heat and releasing them from the body.Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 7 July 2024
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There’s many other people who are very interested in doing this research.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Right-wing figures are interested in making problems bigger instead of solving them.Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapt. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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