contentment
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Aleys acknowledges the contentment of the Beguines, understanding that their communal labors knit their “hopes, their labor, even their disagreements” as “strands in a single weave.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
We chase happiness when what we should be seeking is contentment.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
There is a sense of being "overwhelmed with the emotion" in contrast to other forms of happiness, such as comfort or contentment.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
How do you define happiness, and is that the same as contentment?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Public contentment with horses and railroads remained high until World War I, when the military concluded that it really did need trucks.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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