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
This approach caters to instant gratification by delivering exactly what listeners expect, a design intended to keep users engaged and prevent them from turning off the app.
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Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Beyond sensorial gratification, facial steaming's skin-care benefits are actually quite bountiful.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025
The speaker is like the ant from Aesop’s fable, thrifty and responsible, willing to defer gratification until a more suitable time.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The Sermon on the Mount, with all its grandeur and divine nobility of heart, has proved futile in diminishing the lust and gratification of raw power.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
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Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Beyond sensorial gratification, facial steaming's skin-care benefits are actually quite bountiful.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025
The speaker is like the ant from Aesop’s fable, thrifty and responsible, willing to defer gratification until a more suitable time.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The Sermon on the Mount, with all its grandeur and divine nobility of heart, has proved futile in diminishing the lust and gratification of raw power.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gratification
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This behavior not only disrupts the performers' experience but also detracts from the enjoyment of other attendees.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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There are no limits to the enjoyment these Tawny Ports can bring.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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How Positive Emotions Boost Financial Success The study highlights three key positive emotions that contribute to financial success: Contentment – People who experience higher levels of contentment tend to have greater income and net worth.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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By granting autonomy and ownership over tasks, employees can better manage stress and enhance their sense of accomplishment and contentment.—
Wayne Yu,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Depositphotos In terms of relationship satisfaction, the results showed that, overall, there was no significant difference between non-monogamous and monogamous individuals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2025
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In fact, scientific research has found that helping others, even acts like donating money, especially during times of crisis — reduces negative emotions like pessimism and increases overall life satisfaction.—
Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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The layout is a missed opportunity, as one of the pleasures of Abercrombie is to witness the interplay between her narratives and tropes rather than consider them in isolation.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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One of the movie’s greatest pleasures — and greatest challenges for the actors — is its heightened dialogue, which sounds unlike that of any other movie, even if Rudolph sees it as perfectly natural.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2025
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To no longer be complicit in surrendering her life to the sport at the expense of her happiness.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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So that was a very conscious call, along with the choice of basing it in a particular weather, which is monsoon, because the characters don’t really have any happiness or sunshine in their life.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2025
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Algorithms designed to maximize user engagement amplify divisive content that inevitably leaves us outraged.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Tate is mentioned explicitly in the series when police try to describe what kind of content Jamie might have been exposed to.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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This secondary maturation has transformed the whiskey into a spicy, woody, fruity delight without losing the bourbon’s core identity.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sunderland at home will be another marker and the presence of the Carabao Cup a source of both delight and motivation.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Gratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gratification. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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