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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

Odermatt had to be content with bronze in the super-G and silver alongside Loic Meillard in the team combined after coming fourth in the opening downhill.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

But the golden godson was stuck on a camel, farther back in the caravan, and Lazlo had to be content with echoing exclamations from Calixte, who was given to gloating.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor