congenial
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Michael Auslin terms Coolidge’s interpretation “more intelligible and congenial to ordinary Americans than the abstract musings of scholars.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I took a job in human resources and I thought that would be a little more congenial, but gradually I started to realize I’m in the wrong place.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
But the two politicians had a congenial meeting at the White House in late November, with the president saying he was optimistic about New York’s future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
That may be just a more congenial way to encounter a set of ideas you disagree with than a newspaper column that tries to make a particular argument or point.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
The modern tourist industry, in the sense of people traveling en masse to a congenial spot and finding lots of diversions awaiting them when they got there, is essentially a White Mountains invention.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing congenial
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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Grade 10, List 6
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