happiness

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Recent Examples of happiness As her presence in the spotlight has endured, the actress' happiness has shifted away from Hollywood. Makena Gera, People.com, 16 June 2025 And, is happiness or love possible despite the cultural differences between the two Koreas? Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2025 Happy pets, happy life Having pets around can really boost your happiness quotient — but not if your four-legged friends are miserable. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025 Joe has feelings for Georgia but swallows them for her happiness. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for happiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happiness
Noun
  • Enjoy Basketball styles itself as a media and lifestyle brand celebrating the positivity and joy of basketball.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Unconventional ties add more joy to men’s wardrobes, a belief strongly held by luxury designer Wangda Chen of his eponymous label Wàngda.
    Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Relaxed licking paired with loose body language likely indicates love and contentment.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
  • The words used illustrated a sense of contentment from the quarterback toward the front office.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Reiten’s return to full fitness before the end of the domestic season is a huge plus for Norway.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Here’s what experts had to say about the new study, plus how to incorporate these three exercises into your fitness routine for the maximum brain boost.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Cheryl Des Vignes and Jerrold Smith II Longtime lovebirds Cheryl Des Vignes and Jerrold Smith II are living in newlywed bliss after getting married in Los Angeles in May.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • With the Oilers coming off a Game 1 overtime win and the fans still feeling bliss, Friday’s game got off to a blistering start.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Being mindful of the weather, staying hydrated, using reef-safe sunscreen and knowing how to identify a rip current are all practical ways to minimize risk while maximizing enjoyment.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Here, Rosenstock explains the enjoyment and challenges of breathing life and taboo fun into someone on the edge of death.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • What’s interesting is that some brands were featured organically in outfits worn on screen, while others were built prominently into the plot—and both forms of product placement proved lucrative when approached with careful planning and relevance.
    Alison Bringé, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Inter Miami is a relatively new MLS franchise, with co-owner David Beckham – who may have felt a modicum of sympathy for his former club, the LA Galaxy, not getting an invite to FIFA’s party – the original reason for this franchise gaining relevance in 2018.
    Glen Levy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Key workforce KPIs, such as time-to-fill, turnover rates, labor costs per patient visit and patient satisfaction scores, help assess staffing effectiveness and its impact on care quality.
    Kunal Khashu, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Best in customer satisfaction: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines has mastered the delicate balance between operational efficiency and genuine hospitality that many larger carriers struggle to achieve.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • This should both boost our understanding of these powerful blasts of radio waves and increase their usefulness as probes of the universe's baryonic matter content.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Leapfrog urged CMS to improve data usefulness by reporting results from federal programs using the actual name of the brick-and-mortar hospital, not its CMS Certification Number.
    Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

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“Happiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happiness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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