instant gratification

Example Sentences

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Financial products have been increasingly adding gamelike features that create competition or instant gratification to keep users hooked — and the latest example is a prepaid debit card with a “buy-now-pay-maybe” feature.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

With younger generations even more deeply committed to the instant gratification of a digital swamp, and with national literacy scores signaling ever-decreasing levels of educational competence, I fear the national dialogue will not improve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The way we’ve chosen to attack entitlement or instant gratification is to practice gratitude and to serve selflessly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Back in Texas, Buck tells me he and his fellow converts are turning their backs on instant gratification and American consumerism.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

There would be no instant gratification, no easy triumph.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall