as in enjoyment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
eating good chocolate gives me a sense of intense gratification
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Recent Examples of gratification
Be Faster And More Convenient In the age of instant gratification, Gen Alpha values speed and convenience.
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Dani Mariano, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Since dopamine is the currency of the reward system in one part of the brain, this may uncouple gratification from various drugs and/or activities, such as alcohol, stimulants and compulsive behaviors, for those predisposed to addictive patterns.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 2 Jan. 2025
One of the most challenging aspects of becoming a leader is redefining personal gratification.
—Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There is an amazing sense of gratification that come with hand making a gift.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Dani Mariano, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Since dopamine is the currency of the reward system in one part of the brain, this may uncouple gratification from various drugs and/or activities, such as alcohol, stimulants and compulsive behaviors, for those predisposed to addictive patterns.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 2 Jan. 2025
One of the most challenging aspects of becoming a leader is redefining personal gratification.
—Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There is an amazing sense of gratification that come with hand making a gift.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for gratification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gratification
Noun
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Great emphasis has also been placed on creating inviting open green spaces and professionally landscaped common areas with serene walking paths for outdoor enjoyment.—
Weichert REALTORS® Welch & Company,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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That commitment to the bit is essential to your enjoyment of this kind of pulpy thriller, as is the fact that Apple was willing to fork out money to send Woodall and Swindell, if not around the globe, to at least several stops easily reachable by a Eurail Pass.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In other words, success leads to contentment, and contentment leads to downfall.—
Nirmal Chhabria,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Every student needs to learn that success is a choice, not measured merely by income but by the combination of happiness, contentment, achievement and social responsibility.—
Madeleine Parrish,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Oct. 2024
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The Mets’ three-year offer in the $70 million range to Alonso has been out there for a couple of weeks now and nobody has stepped up to top it — or at least certainly not significantly enough to Alonso’s satisfaction.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Oh, and there’s no prize, except the quiet satisfaction of a job well done.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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As the rodent lifted its head in pleasure, Mochinski pulled down its lower lip to expose a blade of grass stuck in its teeth.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately these inspectors general serve at the pleasure of the president.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Like hope, wonder is doubt is faith is A woman exiled, feeling her way from paradise to an arid wilderness Stolen in pursuit of ahistorical happiness, amnesiac.—
Paul Tran,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The static image of your face can be transformed into nearly any expression, happiness, sadness, scorn, relief, and so on.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The next day, the sunfish began eating again and seemed more content overall.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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The whistleblower and other anti-trafficking experts had also allegedly alerted Mastercard and Visa about unlawful content on OnlyFans in 2021 and 2022, the article said.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Identify the customer life cycle point where product delight is at its peak and the customer is happiest with your brand.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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To finally get to work with a true comedy genius at the script stage and then on set was a daily delight.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Gratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gratification. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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