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as in hands
the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal
a scenic walkway along the ocean shore that is intended for the enjoyment of all
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as in contentment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
this new video game should provide countless hours of enjoyment
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Recent Examples of enjoyment
To her credit and our enjoyment, Wong is clearly neither average-looking nor especially gentle with others.
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Variety, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 0.4-acre, complete with a pool for outdoor enjoyment.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Konishi’s only other enjoyment is spending time with Sacchan (Aoi Ito), a spirited young musician who works alongside him scrubbing a local bathhouse clean after hours.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
Meals, noise, enjoyment, are all ways of honoring the dead and creating spaces to grieve in healthy ways.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Variety, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 0.4-acre, complete with a pool for outdoor enjoyment.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Konishi’s only other enjoyment is spending time with Sacchan (Aoi Ito), a spirited young musician who works alongside him scrubbing a local bathhouse clean after hours.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
Meals, noise, enjoyment, are all ways of honoring the dead and creating spaces to grieve in healthy ways.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoyment
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Serena Wiliams Serena also finds a lot of contentment and joy in her life with her husband, cofounder and investor Alexis Ohanian, Sr. (Reddit, Angel City FC).Danyel Smith, Essence, 16 Oct. 2024
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Smile Hair Clinic only provides high-quality treatments that create customer contentment.Tyler Shepherd, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 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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Serotonin is popularly associated with happiness, dopamine with motivation and pleasure — but what the heck would DMT be doing in the neurochemistry of our minds?Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 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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On the other hand, in another measure – satisfaction with the choice of major-party candidates – partisans find a place to agree.Gary Langer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 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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In a recent report, the ADL’s Center on Extremism (COE) claims to have identified 1.5 million unique users and over 73,000 groups who used at least one piece of potentially extremist or hateful content.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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Running just might: Run-club participation is so high that it’s become a meme, and social media abounds with running influencers and content.Amanda Lewellyn, Vox, 15 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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To his delight, Pickford found a letter ordering Causton’s possessions—the hats, the watches, etc.—to be put back on the Modena, after all.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 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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“Enjoyment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoyment. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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