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Recent Examples of feel-good
If your career or job search is turning you cynical and bitter, this book makes a strong case for why hope is not just a feel-good choice, but a smart, helpful move.
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Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adding to the feel-good factor was co-owner Rob McElhenney being at the SToK Cae Ras for the first time since the opening day win against Wycombe in August.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
For weeks, the Pistons were written off as a feel-good story.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Mood changes: High protein with insufficient carbohydrates may impact serotonin (a feel-good hormone) levels, affecting mood and energy levels.17
Great Food Sources
Protein is found in almost every food (including broccoli), but some foods are better sources than others.
—Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adding to the feel-good factor was co-owner Rob McElhenney being at the SToK Cae Ras for the first time since the opening day win against Wycombe in August.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
For weeks, the Pistons were written off as a feel-good story.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Mood changes: High protein with insufficient carbohydrates may impact serotonin (a feel-good hormone) levels, affecting mood and energy levels.17
Great Food Sources
Protein is found in almost every food (including broccoli), but some foods are better sources than others.
—Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
Adjective
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Several editors commented that the icing tasted the most homemade yet nostalgic.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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Employing nostalgic tropes as embodied by Orbison’s songs subverts those movies from their own cinematic tradition, thus marking a departure from standard film noir.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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After flowering, fuzzy silver seedpods remain through winter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The video Amazon released Friday of the Kuiper deployments is fuzzy, and the finer details of the satellites are unseen.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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So fun to see Dina absolutely swooning over her dreamy guitarist (soon-to-be) girlfriend.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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With Venus conjunct Neptune in your curious third house of the mind, this enchanting synergy could spark dreamy conversations and exchanges.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Babygirl has some crucial hallmarks of that classic Hollywood mode: a melodramatic plot that places a morally ambiguous woman’s concerns at its center — though Babygirl’s melodrama is subdued in favor of stately psychological introspection.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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In fact, soundtracking heartbreak and angst became Mayday Parade’s specialty with their extremely quotable, melodramatic lyrics.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2025
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Still owned by Swift’s parents, the property remains a sentimental cornerstone of her early years.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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In a crucial sequence, which shows the siblings bringing their mother to a nursing home, a car ride turns into a sentimental journey.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 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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When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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The sugary pop tune, complete with a catchy hook and lyrics all about saccharine teen love, helped establish Bieber’s place in the top 40 mainstream.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Amy’s work is uplifting, but not in a saccharine way.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feel-good. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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