as in comforting
making one feel good inside
pursued a rewarding career providing medical care to poor children in rural areas
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as in honoring
to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement
the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions
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Recent Examples of rewarding
Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Experiencing it through his eyes soon will be really, really rewarding.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But for audiences without that encyclopedic knowledge, developments around the character, and his affinity with Yelena, will be a rewarding part of the story.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
Give yourself the space to consider: What moments at work feel the most rewarding?
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Similarly, Salmon’s journey has been no less eventful—but far more rewarding.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Experiencing it through his eyes soon will be really, really rewarding.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But for audiences without that encyclopedic knowledge, developments around the character, and his affinity with Yelena, will be a rewarding part of the story.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
Give yourself the space to consider: What moments at work feel the most rewarding?
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewarding
Adjective
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More than 100 teens have stopped by the Anaheim center, and — this is encouraging — 17 of them have made a return visit.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Those price drops are encouraging and should help families who are hurting from the high cost of living.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
Verb
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In addition to awarding grants to researchers who lacked experience studying or treating post-infectious chronic diseases, RECOVER faced criticism for funding exercise and pacing trials that could potentially harm people with Long Covid, rather than studying promising novel treatments.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2025
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This is an awarding body that has denied our greatest living artist, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, of its most coveted award, Album of the Year, four times.—
Esther Newman,
refinery29.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Want a new career that's higher-paying, more flexible or fulfilling?—
Theo Wolf,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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Reframe a layoff as an opportunity to pivot to a more stable or fulfilling role.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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This one-pan wonder bakes chicken, rice, and creamy soup into a satisfying dish with zero fuss and major flavor.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 May 2025
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Pascal is in nearly every scene in Episode 6, which flashes back to several of Ellie’s recent birthdays and gives viewers a satisfying dose of the relationship that was so central to Season 1.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Few beauty fixes are as instantly gratifying as covering up visible roots.—
Neha Tandon,
Glamour,
12 May 2025
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The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the Spanish Civil War through the final minutes of actress Margarita Xirgu’s life.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Rewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewarding. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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