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contentment

[kuhn-tent-muhnt] / kənˈtɛnt mənt /


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We see her at the beginning of “Calle Málaga” in a state of smiling contentment, walking her neighborhood streets and being greeted by vendors.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

I had imagined that retirement would offer a life unshackled at last, a blissful new chapter in which workplace anxiety no longer sullied my contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

We chase happiness when what we should be seeking is contentment.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

There is a sense of being "overwhelmed with the emotion" in contrast to other forms of happiness, such as comfort or contentment.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

In this lonely world of ice and emptiness, they had achieved at least a limited kind of contentment.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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