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satiate

[sey-shee-eyt, sey-shee-it, -eyt] / ˈseɪ ʃiˌeɪt, ˈseɪ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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It's unclear if the releases of the UFO files have done much to satiate the curiosity of legions of UFO researchers, official and otherwise.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they’re cheaper to produce, so while they satiate the appetite for true stories, not all can be deemed good.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Fixing the engines wasn’t enough to satiate his curiosity, so he made stuff out of workshop scraps—toys of metal and rubber that wound and jumped and dashed.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2023

Otherwise, use these handy recipe links to perfume your home and satiate your family with some of Child's classics.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2023

Guarding the girls’ privacy meant finding other ways to satiate the public’s curiosity about our family.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The "iconic, one-dish, standalone comfort meal" is one that both fulfills and satiates, emotionally and gustatorily, in a way that not many other foods do on the larger cultural scale.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2024

Bentinho’s online presence satiates this hunger for tens of thousands of seekers online.

From The Guardian Jan. 9, 2020

There’s something about watching humans struggle in the unforgiving, mysterious and undiscovered realms of the universe that satiates a particular craving.

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2018

Hoping to keep the masses appeased, however, Lisa opts instead to refer to the tax as a “temporary refund adjustment,” a turn of phrase that satiates the gawking rabble.    

From Forbes Aug. 21, 2014

Yet the infatuation preserves and satiates me in an indescribable way.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

A memory is unlocked in a pair of slouchy carpenter pants and delicate stacks of golden jewelry, and the longing for home is temporarily satiated.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

The final product is the literary equivalent of a multicourse meal in a German restaurant—you’re left satiated, but not entirely satisfied, and may feel some indigestion.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

I felt so completely satiated by it and I was like, well, I think there's nothing new for me to do.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

It means satisfied and satiated and like all is right with the world.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2024

Frightful took the food from him until she was satiated.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Cal-Maine, for its part, is “seeing rising demand for complete, high-quality proteins—including from consumers on GLP-1 medications who are gravitating toward protein-dense, satiating foods,” says Miller.

From Barron's Dec. 11, 2025

Rumors of Garvey’s entry into this Senate race—his last, best chance at satiating a bucket-list item—were first reported in June, with an announcement expected weeks later.

From Slate Feb. 5, 2024

“When we were all quarantining at home, preparing 100% of our meals day in and day out, it was very time consuming to create satiating meals,” she said.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

Until then, Solak, Tice and everyone else on the outside looking in will be satiating their debilitating football addictions with an overflowing diet of pilfered film.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2022

Next morning the various hangers-on in the hotel yard were provided with occupation and entertainment of the most satiating description.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville




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