gratification

No longer just events where designers use trunks full of samples to sell preorders, many combine the instant gratification of off-the-rack shopping with exclusive locations—private homes, hotels, yachts—and free perks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They love to extol the merits of delayed gratification and distinguishing between wants and needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

At Liverpool, the belief is they have been sensible and responsible with a view to deferred gratification in most cases, but the wage structure is currently under review.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That trend, they said, “suggests younger consumers are prioritizing purchases and experiences that deliver immediate gratification — consistent with the ‘little treat economy.’”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

And so the many turned, and bowed, and I played, and this was gratification enough.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Such support can come with deprivations as well as gratifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

It is taking individual responsibility rather than indulging in the fleeting gratifications of individualism.

From Salon ● May 14, 2023

In addition, Afzal had allegedly given gratifications totalling about $165,000 to other individuals on multiple occasions as “inducements or rewards for them to place orders with KPI for the supply of bunker fuel.”

From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2021

Ethics is about fundamental right and wrong, and moral responsibilities to others, not just religious belief, legal rights, financial obligations, or self gratifications.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2017

The enemies whom he thrust aside, or cowed into silence, could whisper at opportune moments, and their whispers did him no good; while sometimes they could secure gratifications for themselves decidedly worth having.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur