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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
And refined grains are less filling and sating than whole grains.
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Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Keeping exhausted lawmakers sated was a crucial component of the two-day gathering.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 May 2025
The new retractable sating system will host a 12-foot variance in elevation between rink and court endlines to offer optimal sightlines for both the NBA and NHL, SEG says.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Keeping exhausted lawmakers sated was a crucial component of the two-day gathering.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 May 2025
The new retractable sating system will host a 12-foot variance in elevation between rink and court endlines to offer optimal sightlines for both the NBA and NHL, SEG says.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sate
Verb
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And the mice who'd come off the low-fat diet to gorge on high-sugar and high-fat foods were, unlike humans, probably not thinking about potential weight gain.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 July 2025
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Trump’s idea of the presidency seems to start with the premise that the entire country is his to gorge on, as the capo di tutti capi, or boss of all bosses.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
Verb
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To satisfy presidential demands, field offices are directed to meet new daily arrest quotas—75 arrests per office—raising agency-wide targets to 1,200–1,500 arrests per day, up from only about a few hundred.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Chickpea Cookie Dough Chickpea cookie dough is high in protein and sure to satisfy a craving for sweetness.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Your next outdoor bash or beachside hang deserves some attention to the cookware and coolers you’re bound up grilling with and using to stuff to the brim with ice and beverages.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
11 July 2025
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The family moved from Temecula to Point Loma in December and most of the rings are still stuffed in boxes, sitting in the garage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
Verb
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And while May is also a busy month for ESPN and TNT, which in late spring are glutted with live NBA and NHL playoff games, cable as a whole accounted for less than a quarter (24.1%) of all consumption last month.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
20 June 2025
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The risotto was impeccably cooked, each grain a plump oval glutted with crab stock and a compound butter infused with ginger, shallot Thai chile and tomato.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 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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Every region in the nation is struggling to fill these crucial seats to keep jets moving efficiently, quickly and safely.—
Sharon DeVivo,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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His daughter, former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, is running to fill his seat.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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“Sate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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