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content

[kon-tent] / หˆkษ’n tษ›nt /




NOUN
capacity, volume
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I’d argue that it is actually an expression of supreme self-love and self-awareness that you’re comfortable enough with yourself to be absolutely content going to a concert as a party of one.

From Salon โ— Oct. 21, 2026

The study's content is the responsibility of its authors and does not necessarily reflect the official views of the NIH.

From Science Daily โ— Oct. 20, 2026

The company plans to invest AI infrastructure, high-speed satellite internet, logistics projects and new Prime Video content, the latest big-ticket investment from a U.S. tech company keen to expand overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Oct. 20, 2026

Among them were seven high-level employees in charge of television deals and content, the Hollywood Reporter reported last week.

From Barron's โ— Oct. 20, 2026

“Your content is great,” she said, laughing a little.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Not only can shipping labels and declared insurance values reveal their potential contents, “the simple name PSA or Collectors in the address box is the threat,” Rovell wrote.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Oct. 20, 2026

Because those movements are related to the contractions that propel digestive contents through the gut, the sounds can provide clues about gut motility.

From Science Daily โ— Oct. 5, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the contents of the alleged messages as extremely serious and unacceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 30, 2026

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Sharma said she had not read the contents of the OpenAI chats.

From BBC โ— Sep. 22, 2026

Roz carefully opened the lid and examined its contents: a collection of farming magazines, a pair of leather gloves, a pencil nub.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

It’s a quiet, contented life, “solid and safe,” Livia says, except that she remains disturbed by traumas from her youth.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 28, 2026

Many fans have blamed her relationship with Kelce, suggesting that the couple’s contented monogamy means Swift has lost her edge as the queen of heartbreak songs.

From Salon โ— Jul. 8, 2026

Now, though, he’s a contented family man operating a successful neighborhood bistro called Chez Paul—until fate comes calling and returns him to a life he’d just as soon forget.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jan. 21, 2026

The statement added: "We would like to thank all those who gave Pru such wonderful care at the end of her life: her last days were comfortable, contented and surrounded by love."

From BBC โ— Oct. 28, 2025

Ojiugo gave Nne a loud kiss on her forehead and Obinze realized, watching her idly straighten a stray braid on Nne’s head, that Ojiugo was a wholly contented person.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Verstappen has reeled off four consecutive podium finishes and won three of the last four Austin races, only missing out last year when Ferrari claimed a one-two, contenting himself instead with a sprint race win.

From Barron's โ— Oct. 16, 2025

By 2020, Zawahiri had become increasingly distant, contenting himself to write books and essays and only rarely appearing on video.

From Washington Post โ— Aug. 1, 2022

He’s been playing it safe in Brooklyn, contenting himself with his Ma, his girlfriend and a modest managerial job at Starbucks.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Dec. 29, 2020

He ate “selectively and moderately at the Kremlin dinner” and “also stayed off the vodka contenting himself with some large gulps of red wine,” according to the note.

From The Guardian โ— Jul. 17, 2019

Yet he evaded a direct answer; contenting himself with saying to Nicodemus, that nobody can share in the kingdom of God unless he be born again.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach


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