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Verb
However, prosecutors at the time said the two brothers’ motive was greed and cited their lavish spending spree after the slayings.—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Suddenly greed returns to the table as everyone becomes interested in alternative assets.—Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 Where to watch: Netflix 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Scorsese's at the top of his legendary game with this gripping true-life Western crime drama about love and greed that wrestles with America’s complicated history concerning Indigenous people.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 At the heart of their grievances is greed — Bo’s for money, Frank’s for forgiveness and Toni’s for revenge.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023 Under the draft, countries would also gree for the first time to go beyond carbon dioxide in targeting methane and other potent greenhouse gases with substantial reductions by 2030.—TIME, 11 Dec. 2023 The war, as described by Prigozhin, was not about protecting Russia or resisting NATO expansion, but instead greed.—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 June 2023 Other politicians, recognizing Trump’s appeal, also increasingly eschew love, sympathy, and even greed in favor of this simpler and more straightforward approach.—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023 Perhaps greed without virulence is less objectionable.—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French gree, gré step, degree, from Latin gradus — more at grade entry 1
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