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the amount of something (as subject matter) included judging from the table of contents, I'd have to say that this book covers most of the major topics in American history

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Recent Examples of content
Noun
The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025 Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 June 2025
Adjective
As for walking down the aisle, the couple is content to take their time. Sarah Jones, People.com, 11 June 2025 This past April, the current version of Greene was not content with his results. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015 Tibetans content themselves in places where the photograph is banned by worshipping instead Avalokitesvara, the thousand-armed bodhisattva of compassion whose likeness graces Tibetan monasteries. Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for content
Recent Examples of Synonyms for content
Adjective
  • Sporty types will be satisfied with a variety of activities to partake in–from tennis to petanque to pilates and yoga or boxing with a boxing champion—while those looking to relax can hide away in the luxurious Valmont spa or wind down with a drink by one of the property’s two pools.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • Increasingly, organizations are contending with workforces that feel less than satisfied with their circumstances.
    Stephen M. Paskoff, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Politics is a service business and Trump and his Capitol Hill allies are aiming to please the customer.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
  • Ralph Fiennes’s concierge is the director’s natural surrogate, the behind-the-scenes guy who tends to every detail of the hotel’s operation while going to extraordinary lengths to please the guests, even if that means bedding octogenarians.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?
    Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • When a match goes really well — i.e. when the couple gets engaged, the ballyhooed happy ending of all romances, naturally — a bar cart is rolled out and all the young matchmakers gather around each other and cheer for their good fortune, and for the seeming success of love itself.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • Anything to do with the arts and the entertainment world will delight you.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
  • All About George, Charlotte, Louis, Archie and Lilibet Prince Louis, 7, Hilariously Copies Big Brother Prince George, 11, Flipping His Hair on Live TV When the royals gathered on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the event's grand finale, the aerial flypast, Prince Louis continued to delight.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Focusing on a few key essentials is enough to satisfy Google and get most websites some quick SEO wins.
    Nick Zviadadze, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • While a game like No Man's Sky, with its procedural generation and ambition, might be more stunning, there's something uniquely charming and satisfying about the simplicity of Astroneer.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • Its heat-recovery system warms the pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, and floors and even preheats the engines.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
  • Smith made sure that there were warming tents and requested additional wardrobe crew to hand out robes.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • DeWitt has feasted on the goodwill of fans, sliding by on bobbleheads and nostalgia.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 11 June 2025
  • For those who want to feast like Caligula, the hotel offers an in-room Imperial Breakfast that’s more a tasting menu than a morning meal.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Available in the Phantom Black, Fluid Gold, Aurora White, so there is a color to suit most tastes.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Queen Letizia’s attire for her latest public engagement breaks with the power suiting trend the royal was previously seen styling.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 June 2025

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“Content.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/content. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.

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