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• v  make happy or satisfied
• v  yield (to); give satisfaction to
• s  having received what was desired

• They would be so happy and so proud, and they would be so gratified.
• But if that sort of display leaves you unmoved, your eye will be gratified by the low-key interior design, in entirely natural tones, created by Studio Glitt's Noriyoshi Muramatsu .
• Belated as the investigation was, the residents of Hay al-Sinnani say they were gratified by its thoroughness.

• satisfy
• gratify
• pander
• indulge

• dissatisfy

News & Articles

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• A message from Make Music Downey
  DOWNEY - We were deeply gratified to hear that so many people thoroughly enjoyed the Make Music Downey celebration on Saturday, June 8. More than 60 free performances were spread among six venues in the downtown area, and the public response was everything we could have hoped for.
  June 13, 2013 - The Downey Patriot
• ATA Hails Supreme Court Ruling on Challenge to L.A Port Drayage Rules
  ARLINGTON, Va., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an opinion handed down this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with American Trucking Associations and unanimously rejected burdensome operational mandates the Port of Los Angeles had attempted to impose on interstate commerce.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO)"We are gratified that, at the conclusion of ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
• The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Sets Record Attendance at Audience Measurement 8.0 Conference
  NEW YORK, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) drew a record-breaking 900 attendees to its 2013 annual Audience Measurement conference, demonstrating that the ARF's mission to provide critical perspective on the future of advertising research is more relevant than ever."We're deeply gratified by the record attendance at Audience Measurement 8.0 ...
  June 12, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Andrew Cuomo in WBT
  In a statement, Cuomo said, "Taxpayers demand and deserve transparency and now they will finally get it. Bank of America chose litigation over transparency and we are gratified that this tactic has failed."
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in guardian.co.uk
  We've been extremely gratified by their forward-leaning commitment to sanctions and the private messages that they have conveyed to the North Koreans,Clinton said.
• Donald Fehr in 940 News
  We are gratified that commissioner Selig chose to accept Sen. Mitchell's recommendation that no further punishment of players is warranted,union leader Donald Fehr said. "In many instances the naming of players was punishment enough; in...