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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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Investor optimism in OpenAI has been dampened, writes the FT, citing a "$20bn cut to annualised revenues" as the source of discontent.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The announcement fuelled reports of discontent within the presidential guard, a unit seen as loyal to the former president.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He also became a sounding board for Goldman partners and other executives who at times sought to express concern or discontent with the firm’s direction—including the now-aborted plans to become a consumer lender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

But while no one within his party has openly challenged Merz for the top job, murmurings of discontent have grown louder.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Ever since the Hunger Games, the discontent in District 8 had been growing.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Warehouse labor barks its discontents in “Foul” by the New Orleans post-punk band Special Interest.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

There was a lot of roiling discontents in Harry.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

‘Happiness’ Black comedies don’t come much blacker than Todd Solondz’s unrated, controversial 1998 tale of suburbia and its discontents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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