creature comforts

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American drivers also have shifted to bigger vehicles with more costly creature comforts, such as heated steering wheels and vented seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The trend toward extravagance dovetailed nicely with the emergence of baby boomers and older Gen X–ers with more disposable income, the hankering for less-traveled international locales and a generational shift toward more creature comforts.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

He reassures himself that in becoming a hermit — leaving behind his daughter, Bethany, and grandchildren, Leah and Asher — and eschewing most creature comforts, he’s modeling Thoreau’s “Walden.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

During this time, you may need to cut back on the “extras” and get down to a bare-bones budget, despite how awful it can be cutting back on creature comforts and reducing your lifestyle.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

“You’ll find that nothing in them demands that scythes shun the creature comforts that make life worth living. That bleak interpretation by old-guard scythes is a relic from another time.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman