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Does the work you do now gratify you any differently than it did when you were starting out?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was gratify.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

To counteract the grease, you’ll want to home in on the kale-blue cheese slaw or the watermelon-feta-mint salad, a pair of sides that will gratify the palate and settle your conscience.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022

Too often, ads are written to gratify sellers rather than bring in buyers, according to Saatchi.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022

Adams joked about these stories: “They ought to gratify your vanity,” he wrote Abigail, “enough to cure you and bring you here.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

This outcome is rare in the contemporary dating scene, but “Heated Rivalry” gratifies the hope that such a future is possible.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

Eating gratifies all the senses: We take in the aroma of a handsome dish, delight at the sound of a sizzling steak or crave the crunch of a crusty baguette.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

But it’s a compliment he received from Rick Baker, a seven-time Oscar winner for special make-up effects, that most gratifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

He renamed the site Hacker News, and expanded its focus to include “anything that good hackers would find interesting . . . anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity.”

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019

The punishment not only deters offenders, but gratifies the feeling of resentment to moral indignation, which has been approved by many moralists.

From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Leslie Stephen

She speculates that its harsh reception may have to some degree gratified its author who, after all, “did mean to write a savage, cruel, and gloomy novel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

When I asked El-Erian about the Fed, I was gratified to hear him address one of my pet peeves: the dim-bulb types who proudly declare themselves to be data-dependent, full stop.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Korean palace cuisine, also known as Korean royal court cuisine, is in danger of being lost, which is why Park is gratified to see it depicted in shows popular with global audiences.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025

“We are gratified that the jurors saw through this lawsuit and found Mr. Geragos caused no harm,” said Sean Macias, who represented Geragos at trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

It’s gratified her to go to all this effort— to make a final, celebratory meal for her children, her friends.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“I mean, it’s amazing, and it’s really gratifying too. It’s nice to know that you’re doing a business that’s really helping people.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

"But obviously it's infinite and very mysterious so I don't think I get the understanding I'm looking for but the process is really gratifying," he adds.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Sondheim’s were instead tamed by his art, Okrent suggests, which shaped his “textured, contradictory, troubling, and gratifying life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Even the surprising, gratifying wins like Madigan’s and Jordan’s feel as though they’re a mere half-step in the ceremony’s larger context.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026

In any case, the child’s free spirit and rebellious nature were gratifying to Pedro Tercero.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende