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gratify

[grat-uh-fahy] / ˈgræt əˌfaɪ /


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Finding the least taxing way to activate your inner circle could gratify — and edify — all involved, and restore a sense of control over your own well-being.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

She has a tendency to say things that can get her in trouble, and, from a fan perspective, a somewhat maddening willingness to walk away from professional situations that don’t immediately gratify her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022

In his place, Lewis Cass captured the Democratic nomination by equivocating about the meaning of popular sovereignty to gratify voters in both sections.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

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




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