gratification
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I think delayed gratification is undervalued in your columns.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
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
We humans are visual creatures to the core with a strong desire for instant gratification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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
It felt good to use all of one’s muscles, with the sun at one’s back, and there was simple gratification in building up mounds of stone and lime.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing gratification
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