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as in complacency
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as in gluttony
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as in indulgence
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Recent Examples of self-indulgence
Piersall’s brief moment of self-indulgence back then was but a blip compared with the massive inundation of incivility we’re all subjected to these days.
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Kenneth Lasson, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
Without that check, conviction is prone to self-indulgence and failure—a combination bad enough for any campaign, and potentially catastrophic given the stakes of this one.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024
That picture reflects the hotel’s contemporary twist on Wilde’s tale of decadence and self-indulgence by offering guests an unusual and anonymous way to admit to their past transgressions.
—Carolyn B. Heller, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
Eyewear, fragrances and cosmetics are on the rise, as consumer embrace these categories as a form of self-indulgence amid inflation.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 18 June 2024
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Kenneth Lasson, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
Without that check, conviction is prone to self-indulgence and failure—a combination bad enough for any campaign, and potentially catastrophic given the stakes of this one.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024
That picture reflects the hotel’s contemporary twist on Wilde’s tale of decadence and self-indulgence by offering guests an unusual and anonymous way to admit to their past transgressions.
—Carolyn B. Heller, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
Eyewear, fragrances and cosmetics are on the rise, as consumer embrace these categories as a form of self-indulgence amid inflation.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 18 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-indulgence
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And yet, eight years after the idea popped into his head, at last his bold opus has come to the big screen, ready to jolt audiences out of their complacency.Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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Chronic complacency has long been a challenge for South Korea.William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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In both verses, Lamar raps about how vices like women, gluttony, and drugs led to their downfalls.Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Her take on gluttony, Bachelorette, became a film; the last of plays, Cult of Love, about the sin of pride and inspired in part by Headland’s experience in a devoutly Christian family, will premiere on Broadway this fall.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 July 2024
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Why this fragrance is the ultimate indulgence for your winter wardrobe.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Food and Drink That Defined 2024 Searches Here are the top 10 trending searches that dominated our search bars and, in many ways, our hearts: Olympic Chocolate Muffins A winning combination of indulgence and function, these muffins went viral during the 2024 Olympics.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The bathroom itself looks a lot like its counterpart and has a shower, a small vanity sink, and a flushing toilet, as well as some more storage.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
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Here, garland drapes over each medicine cabinet and fills a small bowl on the vanity top, adding punches of color and festivity without being too literal.Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the arrest, many social media users have cast Mangione as a martyr against corporate greed or used the shooting to criticize the health insurance industry.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Those details are worth bearing in mind as some people seek to cast his killing as a tale of justified, or at least understandable, fury against faceless corporate greed.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
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This is the stuff, Kravitz suggests, that modern-day dreams are made of: the dead-eyed hunk, the state of permanent vacation, the numbing cycles of consumption and overindulgence.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Thanksgiving without overindulgence might seem a bit alien to people.Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Megalopolis posits a world of clueless liberal self-satisfaction, missing every point of contemporary alertness to ongoing lawfare and sedition.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nothing was off-limits in Mad, a newsstand stalwart that would reach peak annual sales in the 1970s of 2.5 million issues by delivering belly laughs and self-satisfaction to America’s class clowns through cartoons, parodies, sarcastic characters and an unending stream of gross-out gags.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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The tonal shift goes from melancholy dissipation to ruinously adventurous.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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The device also features thermal architecture that works with the Mac mini 2004 using air ducts and a metal casing that maximizes heat dissipation from the SSD and its controller.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Self-indulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-indulgence. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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