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
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 June 2025
The vacation will be the most rewarding part of the summer.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 June 2025
Perhaps the most rewarding takeaway for Marsch will be how relentlessly his team moved until the final whistle.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Growing asparagus at home requires patience but can be highly rewarding.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Adjective
Not that intense, painful things can’t be rewarding to play, but Miranda really went through the wringer in the first season.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 June 2025
The vacation will be the most rewarding part of the summer.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 June 2025
Perhaps the most rewarding takeaway for Marsch will be how relentlessly his team moved until the final whistle.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Growing asparagus at home requires patience but can be highly rewarding.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewarding
Adjective
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That said, those encouraging numbers may not reflect immediate optimism about the global economy or geopolitics — aircrafts take years to deliver, and both Airbus and Boeing have a backlog of more than 8,000 and 5,000 aircrafts respectively.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Andrew Redington/Getty Images Like most professional golfers, Thomas was highly critical of his game, but found the result encouraging, given the circumstances.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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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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This enables intentional art, authentic expression and paves the way for a more sustainable and ultimately more fulfilling artistic journey.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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These women chose this for themselves, making the process not only more fulfilling, but simpler, Shore added.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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This kind of fantasy may be less adaptable for the screen, but the ending will be so much more satisfying.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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Want to make your smoothies more satisfying and nutritious?—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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For years, CFOs and CEOs have prioritized direct-response marketing; performance-driven, ROI-measurable and instantly gratifying, while questioning the value of brand marketing, often dismissed as fuzzy, slow or unnecessary.—
Miri Patrenko Laufer,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Meeting people in person is the most impactful, effective and gratifying way to do it.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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“Rewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewarding. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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