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contentment

[kuhn-tent-muhnt] / kənˈtɛnt mənt /


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Who doesn’t yearn to clean up their mistakes and find some semblance of happiness, even when contentment seems so far out of reach?

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

I had imagined that retirement would offer a life unshackled at last, a blissful new chapter in which workplace anxiety no longer sullied my contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

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

The hiss of waves breaking at her ankles is a gentle sigh, as if the sea itself has found lasting contentment.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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