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Example Sentences

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If you’re happy with your firm and understand the protections in place, you may be content sticking with one place for all your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

I’ll even be content with something that has the sizzle of last year’s “Sirāt,” which you and I both dug.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

"There might be content that you can look at together and say, 'OK, do you think that that is true? How would I figure out if that's true or not?'"

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Ordinarily, the Fed would be content to look past the temporary boost to inflation from higher oil and focus on its damage to incomes and spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

I should have realized that he would not be content to take to Simon Bass a secondhand version of the play.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood