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Recent Examples of feel-good
Connie and Tristan are testing a new drug that stimulates the feel-good dopamine receptors in the brain.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
This was a feel-good win for the Panthers’ fan base, and gracious knows this is a fan base that desperately needed something to feel good about.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
And there's no feel-good moments right now in Miami.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
According to the rocker, the latest record features a mix of feel-good anthems, as well as moodier tracks that cover weightier subject matter — and MGK has been up front about wanting to be an open book through his music.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
This was a feel-good win for the Panthers’ fan base, and gracious knows this is a fan base that desperately needed something to feel good about.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
And there's no feel-good moments right now in Miami.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
According to the rocker, the latest record features a mix of feel-good anthems, as well as moodier tracks that cover weightier subject matter — and MGK has been up front about wanting to be an open book through his music.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
Adjective
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The end result is a timeless, nostalgic look that never feels cramped.—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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While critics were divided at the time, Casper became a box office hit and earned its place as a nostalgic favorite for '90s kids.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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Seen dangling on James' black bag is the pink fuzzy, monster creature.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In an Instagram post announcing the new Vibes product, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a carousel of AI videos, including a cartoon version of himself, an army of fuzzy, beady-eyed beings jumping around and a kitten kneading a ball of dough.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the Nespresso Aeroccino 4 struggled to give me those dreamy clouds of foam, especially with oat milk.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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The film unfolds in a dreamy, meandering flow, following Mark around the world and into his home, gliding from the pressures of the octagon (where MMA athletes duke it out) to scenes of more quotidian domesticity.—
Richard Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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DiCaprio would rinse and repeat this movie’s grandly melodramatic approach a year later for a little film about two crazy kids on an ocean liner.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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This completely off-the-rails offering heralded what has become something of a Perry specialty: a melodramatic thriller that goes off the rails but keeps a straight face.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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If anything, his films fight aggressively against a sentimental reading (There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread) or pivot so hard into emotional catharsis that the fabric of reality breaks (Magnolia).—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Its almost schmaltzy final notes are a brilliant companion to Coppola’s unforgettable ending.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.—
Susan Orlean,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2018
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Patricia Clarkson has joined the second season of Ransom Canyon, the soapy Netflix western that has started production in New Mexico.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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The soapy musical drama premiered on ABC in 2012.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feel-good. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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