as in enjoyment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
a couple of golden-agers looking over their life together with a feeling of contentment and accomplishment
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Recent Examples of contentment
Happy Birthday: Head in a direction that offers contentment and joy.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Similarly, keeping a gratitude journal can fill you with a sense of contentment and gratitude.
—Kunio Hara, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Beneath the novel’s profound weirdness is a sly skewering of the precarity of modern employment, where any kind of permanence can seem like a pipe dream and contentment is often just as elusive.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
After Newman leaves the room, the energy ebbs and flows, alternating between deep contentment and intense glee.
—By Naina Bajekal / Applegate, Calif., TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Similarly, keeping a gratitude journal can fill you with a sense of contentment and gratitude.
—Kunio Hara, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Beneath the novel’s profound weirdness is a sly skewering of the precarity of modern employment, where any kind of permanence can seem like a pipe dream and contentment is often just as elusive.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
After Newman leaves the room, the energy ebbs and flows, alternating between deep contentment and intense glee.
—By Naina Bajekal / Applegate, Calif., TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contentment
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The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 0.3-acre, complete with a pool for outdoor enjoyment.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Their job is to create the perfect slimes for the enjoyment of human children, which gets them into all kinds of sticky situations.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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Take this test to find out: Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire Mark Travers, Ph.d, is an American psychologist who writes about psycho-educational topics such as happiness, relationships, personality, and life meaning.Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Love and laughter are the path to peace and happiness.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Analyzing customer satisfaction metrics aids in setting clear, actionable performance goals that help unify your team and drive long-term success.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But our core values haven’t—of teamwork, integrity, total customer satisfaction.Ayesha Javed, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
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But one of the smart pleasures of Walden is to watch its author gently frustrate the dramatic assumptions that filter in from A Streetcar Named Desire.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Beyond that, however, the film’s pleasures are a bit harder to pin down.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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Albanese cited the risks to the physical and mental health of children from excessive social media use, in particular the risks to girls from harmful depictions of body image and misogynist content aimed at boys.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Ensure nimble creative, content and creator resources are available for real-time updates.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Both comic and series have suffered a similar fate — being buried in a landslide of Too Much Stuff — and both are clever little delights that deserve to be remembered.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The pastry session delves into the world of French patisserie, creating delights such as profiteroles, chocolate tarts and artisanal cookies.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Given Heretic’s clear joy in kicking around ideas, this is frustrating.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Contentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contentment. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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