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gratitude

[grat-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈgræt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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It emanates from a source of gratitude — gratitude for the opportunity to do meaningful work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Borrowing from the political scientist Robert Leiken, Mr. Salam describes as “adversarial assimilation” the absence of gratitude toward America that marks many contemporary young immigrants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Anything you do, based on what you say, is unlikely to be met with gratitude or expressions of thanks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

"His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity," a Wall Street Journal editorial observed.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

No, reader: gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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