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happy

[hap-ee] / ˈhæp i /




Usage

What are other ways to say happy? Happy is an adjective that emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Fortunate implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment. Lucky, a more colloquial word, is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day.

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Happy Friday and happy last blast of summer unless you live in a state where summer sticks around until Halloween.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Usha Vance let slip on Meghan McCain’s podcast that she isn’t exactly happy about giving up her job.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

"I am so happy, my heart is lighter," Amir Maharjan, the brother of rescued worker Kabir Maharjan, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We’re happy we’re getting out now, because we wouldn’t want to live there,” Ferris said the seller told him.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

So he was determined to send Gingersnipes into an Afterlife where she would be happy.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“Soft Control” is a brighter record than one has come to expect from Dulli — not happier, not optimistic, just brighter.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

I am far happier, I’ve realized, with a watch that tells an entirely unique tale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"It will get better when it's cooler, and when people are happier," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It appears that you were happier to see an invite from your New York friend who you have not seen since the pandemic, but you had a sense that something was off.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

He was not much happier with the CIA’s tobacco-pouch camera.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Without Walter, there is no happiest fan base in baseball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“We also have a house in the United States, but our happiest place is on this farm where the kids can have fun,” George told RTL.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

A few months after the premiere, Holland marked Zendaya's birthday by posting a selfie from the set, alongside the caption: "My MJ, have the happiest of birthdays. Gimme a call when your up xxx."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“The happiest workers can engender similar emotions in their customers, but they are also better at their jobs,” said the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“A bar or bat mitzvah is the happiest day in a Jewish kid’s life,” I tell him.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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