indulgence
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"It's just having a little bit of indulgence to enjoy life. Let's face it, working life can be very hard for some people."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
When it comes to your loved ones, paying for more information can feel less like an indulgence than a responsibility.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sipping a juice out of a carton -- his one indulgence for the game -- he came to the cafe after spending 20 hours without power at home.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Frequent indulgence is potentially addictive—and hazardous to your wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
And yet that, too, had been frustrating, causing her to fear that her career was somehow an indulgence, unnecessary.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
I love skincare, that’s one of my little indulgences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
The bigger screens start out as indulgences for gadget nerds, but by 2020, nearly everyone is upsizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
This is the time of year when the thrill of post-holiday spending gives way to the quiet guilt of all those little indulgences.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
The focus on speed and convenience is particularly appealing at a time when consumers want small, affordable indulgences.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
On small things I was thrifty enough; no expenditures on “carousing,” flashy clothes, or any of the other indulgences that are often smugly believed to undermine the budgets of the poor.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Rosaries and other indulgenced articles do not lose their indulgences, when they are loaned or given away, for the indulgence is not personal but attached to the article itself.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
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