successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl 
1
: resulting or terminating in success
a successful attempt
2
: gaining or having gained success
a successful investor
successfulness
noun
Examples of successful in a Sentence
the play had a successful run on Broadway
sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Forbes Communications Council is an invitation-only community for executives in successful public relations, media strategy, creative and advertising agencies.
—Sabine Leveiller, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Fluoridation of public water systems has long been considered one of the most successful public health advances of the 20th century.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Colossal previously announced efforts to revive other extinct species like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, but the dire wolf's return is the first successful mammalian de-extinction of its kind.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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successful
adjective
suc·cess·ful
sək-ˈses-fəl
1
: resulting or ending in success
2
: gaining or having gained success
successfulness
noun
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