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[kon-tent] / ˈkɒn tɛnt /




NOUN
capacity, volume
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Internet content production is one of the few growth categories left in a Los Angeles production landscape that keeps shrinking.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

It’s content that delivers pure physical comedy, guilt-free schadenfreude and a reassuring feeling of superiority.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

After the first incidents were reported in July, Mombasa County Commissioner Mohamed Noor blamed some content creators for spreading the claims to boost engagement "simply to attract views and attention".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Arts-Integrated Curriculum—Students meet dual-objectives in both the art and the content area.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The Times said its unclassified contents were confirmed by several lawyers who had seen it.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The contents of Al-Marimi's alleged confession and other new evidence which has emerged from Libya has led to speculation that Fhimah could have faced a second trial over the attack on the airliner.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Will we receive the contents of her safe-deposit box when she dies?

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

She walks into the kitchen, lowers the dishwasher’s stout door, and yanks the top tray open, its contents rattling.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Many fans have blamed her relationship with Kelce, suggesting that the couple’s contented monogamy means Swift has lost her edge as the queen of heartbreak songs.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

More Europeans are wondering how contented they truly are.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Sturgeon also said she was "contented" and "at peace" with her decision to quit politics.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

Rather, that contented knowing seasons the confidence with which O’Hara shaped all of her women, whether mothers or, like Patty Leigh in “The Studio,” mother figures.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

Mr. Dubonnet and his union leaders stood nearby, their arms crossed, contented smiles on their faces.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Verstappen has reeled off four consecutive podium finishes and won three of the last four Austin races, only missing out last year when Ferrari claimed a one-two, contenting himself instead with a sprint race win.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

By 2020, Zawahiri had become increasingly distant, contenting himself to write books and essays and only rarely appearing on video.

From Washington Post Aug. 1, 2022

He’s been playing it safe in Brooklyn, contenting himself with his Ma, his girlfriend and a modest managerial job at Starbucks.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2020

When it comes to choosing a companion for life we should none of us be contenting ourselves with bare bones; in matters of the heart there really are plenty more fish in the sea.

From The Guardian Feb. 14, 2016

Yet he evaded a direct answer; contenting himself with saying to Nicodemus, that nobody can share in the kingdom of God unless he be born again.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach




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