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[ adjective ] having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Examples "a successful architect" "a successful business venture" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He ran his string of successful conversions this season to 13 straight before one went astray last Saturday night in the 41 - 8 slaughter of Washington_State . Moritz was bothered during the first two games this year by a pulled muscle in the thigh of his right ( kicking ) leg and , as a result , several of his successful conversions have gone barely far enough . (The Providence Journal...)Not altogether a successful play , `` Epitaph_for_George_Dillon '' overcomes through sheer vitality and power what in a lesser work might be crippling . Martin_Tahse has established quite a reputation for himself as a successful stager of touring productions . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The scientific debunking of the spirit_world has been in_a_way too successful and too thorough . |
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