discontent
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Last week, Salesforce announced the acquisition of customer-agent company Fin for roughly $3.6 billion, further stoking investor discontent.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
"Will advertisers in the hydration break be met with enough discontent that it negates the value of the advertising?" says T. Bettina Cornwell, head of marketing at the University of Oregon.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
This discontent isn’t found solely among rural voters.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
The devastating 2025 wildfires, along with enduring problems of homelessness, declining city infrastructure and traffic, have exacerbated discontent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
“I poured out...the torrent of my long-accumulating discontent, with such vehemence and indignation that I stirred myself as well as the rest of the party to do and dare anything,” she later wrote.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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