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
Find that sweet balance between contentment and ambition.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The clip ends with the feline achieving his goal, as he is shown settled down on a blanket with his eyes half-closed in contentment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
About 5 percent of workers—usually those who had stressful or physically demanding jobs—enjoy a noteworthy boost in contentment.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
The second half of his life was complicated by addiction and the search for contentment.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The clip ends with the feline achieving his goal, as he is shown settled down on a blanket with his eyes half-closed in contentment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
About 5 percent of workers—usually those who had stressful or physically demanding jobs—enjoy a noteworthy boost in contentment.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
The second half of his life was complicated by addiction and the search for contentment.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contentment
Noun
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The natural base and silk petals will provide many seasons of enjoyment, and the wreath comes wired for easy mounting with a sturdy box for off-season storage.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Mar. 2025
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Malone describes it as a wine built for both early enjoyment and long-term aging.—
Rachel King,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For much of her youth, Natalie, 38, of New York, wasn't sure what happiness looked like for her.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Harrison is the founder of The New Happy, an organization advancing a new philosophy of happiness.—
Stephanie Harrison, Contributor,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This storytelling ability, combined with a user-centric approach and a strong analytical foundation, empowers them to drive product adoption, increase customer satisfaction and, ultimately, fuel business growth.—
Joe Ariganello,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Once upon a time if someone spread gossip or lies to a tabloid, the upshot was pure personal satisfaction and maybe vengeance.—
Lucy Dolan-Zalaznick,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Part of this relationship is thought to be due to dopamine, which plays a role in feeling pleasure.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mike himself has been hollowed out into nothingness, his character chipped away into a hollow avatar for a sensitive, caring man dedicated to providing women pleasure.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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One feature that distinguishes the current wartime censorship from the censorship of the Soviet era is that the Putin state is often less interested in the content of a particular work than in its author.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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This secondary maturation has transformed the whiskey into a spicy, woody, fruity delight without losing the bourbon’s core identity.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sunderland at home will be another marker and the presence of the Carabao Cup a source of both delight and motivation.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But as one top seed was declared, then another, then another, a different feeling crept over the group than the joy that filled the room this time last year.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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That idea—of a grand continuum, in which the circumstances change but all of our big human feelings (heartache, joy, unease, panic, contentment) remain the same, across time and vast distances—felt germane to her new songs.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Contentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contentment. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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