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[kon-tent] / ˈkɒn tɛnt /




NOUN
capacity, volume
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James said he has noticed younger viewers often gravitate toward fast-paced content and advice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"These days, one of the roles of a prime minister is to act as a content creator," Buckley told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Despite his technical experience, Yang said most of his content is based on questions he has had or his own individual wealth strategies, similar to creators with less experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The BBC spoke to several content creators who all denied being motivated by social media views, clicks or revenue, and insisted they were supporting conservation or attempting to change public perceptions of sharks.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The arts provide a platform through which teachers can tap into a child’s creativity and humanity while teaching content material.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The contents in the suitcase were "mistaken for a human originally, so they are very realistic in terms of looking like human remains," said Supt Linda Bradbury from the Hume Police District.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

I was startled for a moment when I opened my top desk drawer and saw the contents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

They also used previously available data from intestinal tissue and stomach contents.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Even if it somehow fell into the wrong hands, there was no way for an outsider to open it without destroying its contents.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Many fans have blamed her relationship with Kelce, suggesting that the couple’s contented monogamy means Swift has lost her edge as the queen of heartbreak songs.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

A genuinely contented polity would be indifferent to such criticism.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

And it is not hard to find contented heat pump customers.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

“At any rate, Madame, you are quite happy and contented now?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Verstappen has reeled off four consecutive podium finishes and won three of the last four Austin races, only missing out last year when Ferrari claimed a one-two, contenting himself instead with a sprint race win.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

By 2020, Zawahiri had become increasingly distant, contenting himself to write books and essays and only rarely appearing on video.

From Washington Post Aug. 1, 2022

He’s been playing it safe in Brooklyn, contenting himself with his Ma, his girlfriend and a modest managerial job at Starbucks.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2020

Seattle started the year with expectations of contenting in the AL West and reaching the postseason, but instead finished in fourth place in the division.

From Washington Times Oct. 10, 2015

Yet he evaded a direct answer; contenting himself with saying to Nicodemus, that nobody can share in the kingdom of God unless he be born again.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach




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