as in winning
having won a victory or having ended in a victory
the victorious army a victorious battle They were victorious over their rivals.
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Those who were victorious Monday night took home an additional $50,000 in prize money.
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Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
But there is no question that the document drafted by the victorious colonists to formally end the war, the Treaty of Hartford of 1638, directed that surviving Pequots be sold into slavery and stripped of their lands, history and tribal name.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
In the late-1980s and early-1990s, the rates of upper limb defects in babies born in Corby were subsequently found to be three times higher than those of children born in the surrounding area, and 18 families filed a lawsuit that eventually ended up victorious in the UK’s High Court in 2009.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Opponents seemed to be victorious last May when the local council rejected the planning application.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
But there is no question that the document drafted by the victorious colonists to formally end the war, the Treaty of Hartford of 1638, directed that surviving Pequots be sold into slavery and stripped of their lands, history and tribal name.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
In the late-1980s and early-1990s, the rates of upper limb defects in babies born in Corby were subsequently found to be three times higher than those of children born in the surrounding area, and 18 families filed a lawsuit that eventually ended up victorious in the UK’s High Court in 2009.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Opponents seemed to be victorious last May when the local council rejected the planning application.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Victorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victorious. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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