rewarding
Americanadjective
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affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
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affording financial or material gain; profitable.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- quasi-rewarding adjective
- rewardingly adverb
- unrewarding adjective
Etymology
Origin of rewarding
Example Sentences
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He remembers it as one of the most rewarding experiences of his young life: a “dopamine rush,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“We had high-performing officials who worked this year’s championship games and the Super Bowl who were paid less for those games than what they were paid for a regular-season game. That certainly isn’t rewarding performance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Regardless of the games that companies and analysts are playing, you’d think that investors would have caught on and stopped rewarding earnings beats.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
"It can be quite intimidating but it's also quite rewarding knowing I'm changing people's attitudes towards this kind of line of work," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
“Well, then, now is the exact time for her to get in the water. Otherwise she’ll never do it. You’re just rewarding her fear. What are you thinking?”
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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