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also hooray
or hoorah
as in huzza
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Recent Examples of hurrah
There are likely to be one or two final De Bruyne hurrahs, and City might need one in Madrid.
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The last hurrah: Everything broke right in winning their last championship, including career years for Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins as well as a favorable path to the NBA Finals.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The selectors had hoped for one last international hurrah from the men who always led from the front.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Perry’s last big hurrah on the Billboard charts was on Rod Stewart’s The Great American Songbook series.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Dec. 2024
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The last hurrah: Everything broke right in winning their last championship, including career years for Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins as well as a favorable path to the NBA Finals.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
The selectors had hoped for one last international hurrah from the men who always led from the front.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Perry’s last big hurrah on the Billboard charts was on Rod Stewart’s The Great American Songbook series.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurrah
Noun
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The studio also gets huzzahs for an ultimately perfect release date.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2024
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Sweden may have come out victorious at Eurovision 2023 (for the seventh time, at that), but England had the last huzzah with a tribute to some of Liverpool's most famous musical acts.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
14 May 2023
Noun
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Belinda Lindsey’s spa treatments, featured on the third season of the HBO series The White Lotus, kicked up plenty of envy among viewers—dampened by the hail of gunfire foreshadowed during the opening episode.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The storms will also be capable of destructive hurricane-force wind gusts greater than 74 mph, equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane, and large hail.—
Eric Zerkel,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Hurrah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurrah. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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