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contentment

[kuhn-tent-muhnt] / kənˈtɛnt mənt /


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Few people experience perennial happiness and contentment, but if you feel weighed down by these events, you can look at the impact it has had on you psychologically and emotionally.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Today’s ice swimmers rave about the rush and subsequent feelings of alertness, contentment and energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Who doesn’t yearn to clean up their mistakes and find some semblance of happiness, even when contentment seems so far out of reach?

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

Beside him, Tuipulotu was measured and focused, a picture of contentment after a job spectacularly well done, while giving off the vibe that there's another, even bigger job, to do on Saturday.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

The contentment of the does spread to everyone else, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit, for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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