as in stuffed
having one's appetite completely satisfied
the sated baby fell instantly to sleep
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as in gorged
to fill with food to capacity
I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table
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as in satisfied
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 sated
Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The historic gems that fill his Paris home are enough; his appetite is sated.
—Jazmine Hughes, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
To culminate the trip, guests can join another one-day Porsche Ice Driving course before their departure, should their inner petrolhead not yet be sated.
—Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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However, his midrange shots sated scouts’ appetites just enough and showed, at the very least, there is touch to work with.
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Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.
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Meanwhile, Prince George, 12, and Princess Charlotte, 10, collected stuffed animals, flowers and other treats from the crowd.—
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The gifts included new toys and bikes, books, grocery gift cards, stocking stuffers, games, crafts and stuffed animals.—
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This was clearly an audience satisfied with the show, but the reviews were oddly negative.—
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Gross satisfied an itch with his move to Dortmund, playing in the Champions League across 66 appearances, which included a goal and 15 assists, but Brighton is his spiritual home.—
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The quantity was sufficient, but the variety needed just a little something extra to ensure everyone would stay satiated—and sober.—
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This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.—
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
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“Sated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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