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[kon-tent] / ˈkɒn tɛnt /




NOUN
capacity, volume
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But with AI-generated answers to queries reducing clicks to outside websites, Reddit executives are assessing what the upside is of continuing to feed its content to Google, said the people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Researchers say more studies are needed to clarify the caffeine content and cardiovascular effects of these other products.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The 28-year-old US content creator announced he had "found MrsBeast" in a joint Instagram post, external, which featured images of them posing in white on their big day.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

This pushes up costs of making chocolate, and companies have chosen different ways to react to this, with some reducing chocolate content or sizes rather than raising prices.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Adding movement helps reinforce the linguistic content of the rhyme or song.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The freezer aisle, from whence many of its contents originate, does not do much to help the case.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Improvements in car batteries’ chemical contents, battery-management systems and thermal regulation have been the difference in making batteries last longer and cost less, Nguyen-Tien said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The contents of the Washington one are not widely known but the capsule due to be buried in Philadelphia near Independence Hall has spilled all its secrets.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

In addition to the burned contents of the warehouse, millions of pounds of food are also being stored in a portion of the building that was untouched by the fire.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Amid much rejoicing, the crews of the three small boats raised sail and forged ahead, spray breaking over their bows and freezing on the men and all the contents of the boats.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

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

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

Ms. Maura plays Maria Ángeles, a contented widow who is a much-respected resident of the ethnically Spanish enclave in Tangier, Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Rather, that contented knowing seasons the confidence with which O’Hara shaped all of her women, whether mothers or, like Patty Leigh in “The Studio,” mother figures.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

For a while there was a companionable silence, and Torak felt contented, even hopeful.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

He ate “selectively and moderately at the Kremlin dinner” and “also stayed off the vodka contenting himself with some large gulps of red wine,” according to the note.

From The Guardian Jul. 17, 2019

She longed to twitch off one of the shining leaves, but dared not, contenting herself with watering their roots and neatly clearing up the paths, as the Gnome Grandmother had directed her.

From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Harrison, Constance Cary




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