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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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The 13% slide, driven by discontent with quarterly results in which the Google Services unit missed analyst expectations, weighed on major U.S. stock indexes and fueled a drop in the Nasdaq composite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Democrats lead polls in the final stretch before the midterms; riots in France reflect enormous economic and political discontent; and DOJ lawyers spar with judge over Trump’s plans for public golf course in D.C.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

The plan comes as Anthropic’s plans for a major initial public offering collide with public discontent around AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Journalism student Sinan Billa said the protest was "a reaction to express discontent at the silence of our government."

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

He’d then shop at his leisure, much to the discontent of the shop workers who wanted to quit for the day.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Park’s not indifferent to normie concerns, such as family tensions and floundering careers, communities and their discontents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

I mean the movies that reveal something to us about the highs and lows, the glories and discontents, and above all something ineffable about love itself, transcending just romance.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

While these discontents were roiling, that's when he really met Meghan, and Meghan really reinforced his sense that he wasn't being, essentially, appreciated enough for his own gifts.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 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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