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Recent Examples of contentment The Harvard Study of Adult Development —the longest-running happiness study in the world—found that the quality of your relationships is the clearest predictor of long-term contentment and health. Greg Orme, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Expand Financial Planning In our study, 993 American adults confirmed that individuals who frequently experience positive emotions, such as joy, interest, and contentment, tend to have a longer financial time horizon. Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Research shows that the taste and aroma of foods related to family or friends, social gatherings, and celebrations are associated with feelings of contentment, belonging, and self-esteem. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2025 Perhaps the setup for Maryland basketball is mostly fine, and the chief takeaway is simply that university administrators can’t be complacent about their coach’s contentment given the financial and competitive complexities of modern college basketball. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contentment
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Noun
  • Here's exactly how and when to harvest peony flowers for maximum enjoyment, according to a flower farmer.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • Special plants can provide a certain enjoyment or hold a symbolic meaning.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The perfect smile can be the key to self-esteem, to happiness, to personal connection.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • In the third installment of the Skyland series, the best-selling author writes a love story of female friendship, sacrifice, and finding true happiness.
    Monique Wilson, Glamour, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • In fact, studies have shown higher rates of productivity and job satisfaction in remote working environments.
    Michael DeCesare, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Based on my positive experience and satisfaction, absolutely.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The future will be controlled by inflicting pleasure, not pain.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Hell, by way of pleasure and ambition, this slight-but-winsome dramedy offers a step-up from recent vintages; by way of international resonance, however, this latest opener seems unlikely for a world tour.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Fox Corporation announced May 12 that its new streaming service featuring all of its entertainment, news and sports content, will be launching this fall and dubbed Fox One.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • This test rates a PC's performance for content creation and multimedia applications.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The second book takes kids on a global culinary adventure, from slurping noodles in Japan to savoring tagines in Morocco and discovering the delight of gelato in Italy.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The dog's noisy breakthrough has become an unexpected source of joy not just for his family but also for tens of thousands of viewers, many of whom took to the comments to share their delight and humor.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • One unexpected joy of League Pass life is the arena feed, which shows us what’s on the jumbotron during timeouts (mascot skits, archival content, dance promotions and many other frivolities).
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • So think about joy as the experience and happiness as the idea.
    Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

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“Contentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contentment. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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