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as in to satisfy
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)
a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger
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Recent Examples of sate
The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
Even with dark circles under his eyes, Elias seemed full of life, sated with freedom.
—Laila Lalami, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Economic changes alone will certainly not be enough to sate the population.
—Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
Not sated by this already-hefty serving of intrigue, the game itself delivered an early red card, a disallowed stoppage-time goal, rogue sprinklers, and quite possibly the definitive Mourinho ‘park the bus’ masterclass.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
Even with dark circles under his eyes, Elias seemed full of life, sated with freedom.
—Laila Lalami, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Economic changes alone will certainly not be enough to sate the population.
—Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
Not sated by this already-hefty serving of intrigue, the game itself delivered an early red card, a disallowed stoppage-time goal, rogue sprinklers, and quite possibly the definitive Mourinho ‘park the bus’ masterclass.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sate
Verb
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Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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For Now While central banks abroad accelerate, private tokens at home are gorging on the vacuum.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The service offers a number of filters for other dietary requirements, and satisfying taste and texture—not always a guarantee on ready-to-eat meals.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
28 May 2025
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Longer than a truck with a trailer (reaching up to almost 79 feet long) and weighting almost twice as much, Megalodon, ruled the oceans between 20–3 million years ago, frequently on the hunt for prey to satisfy its astonishing 100,000 kilocalories-per-day nutritional demand.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
Verb
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No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
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Seaweed is toasted to order, and the restaurant’s signature hand roll comes stuffed with blue crab, shrimp, salmon belly and cucumber.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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As a theater critic surfeited with plays, radio dramas worked best for me as an unplanned diversion in my car.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2023
Verb
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And with Francis Suarez reaching the end of his term this fall, his father is considering campaigning to again fill the mayoral seat.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Consumers can just fill up with gasoline to charge the battery if a charging port is unavailable.—
Joe D'Allegro,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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“Sate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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