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content

[kon-tent] / ˈkɒn tɛnt /




NOUN
capacity, volume
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This month, he posted a new video backing the billionaire tax, noting that the Proposition 40 campaign saw his earlier post and then paid him to make content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Physical games, GenAI and content creators' career moves are sure to generate discourse, and conversations online are another thing McLoughlin thinks have changed since he started out.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Under this understanding, the oxygen content is determined by the quantities and electrical charge states of other elements in the molten rock, including silicon, magnesium, and iron.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Roughly 100 million iPhone buyers paid for storage upgrades last year, according to IDC estimates, seeking a cushion to support high-resolution videos, content downloads, text attachments and data-hungry apps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

We were just content to rest our feet and curl up in a semicozy place.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Detectives, who worked with multiple agencies on the probe, said the contents filed 35 pallets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Accepting that she’ll always be looking toward the end of life’s circle, she’s delighted to fill its contents in the meantime.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

She says she didn’t share its contents with others and immediately reported the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, they could also result from differences between the groups of people discussing the medications, their other drug use, or the contents of the unapproved products.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Then he pointed directly down into the coffin and its contents.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

A genuinely contented polity would be indifferent to such criticism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

More Europeans are wondering how contented they truly are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 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

The statement added: "We would like to thank all those who gave Pru such wonderful care at the end of her life: her last days were comfortable, contented and surrounded by love."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025

String quartets and vocal stylists soared across the skies with a cabin full of contented passengers.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

Seattle started the year with expectations of contenting in the AL West and reaching the postseason, but instead finished in fourth place in the division.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2015

She said nothing, however, contenting herself with patting her guest on the shoulder and gently removing her wraps and shoes.

From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman


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