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gratification

[grat-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌgræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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In her view, long-form videos - the kind you might find on YouTube - tend to be more educational and less harmful because they don't provide the instant gratification of short-form content.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

For investors wanting instant gratification from AI stocks, frustration may lie ahead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“And those individuals who prey on children for their own sexual gratification will be identified, they will be arrested, and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

"The sense of gratification I felt when we rallied around an agenda and got results made me feel like this is what I want," Thapa said of his start as a student activist.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, to its intense gratification, Pennsylvania had also discovered oil—not only discovered it but devised ways to make it industrially useful.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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