avidness

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Noun
  • California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, some ski industry observers say Vail's reluctance to increase patroller pay was part of a larger pattern of greed in a business largely controlled by two companies in North America: Vail, which runs 42 ski resorts worldwide, and the smaller Alterra, which operates 12.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Investors responded with enthusiasm, sending Burberry shares up nearly 15 percent to 12.31 pounds in morning trading following the update.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In his defense, the Anti-Defamation League tweeted from X that Musk’s gesture seemed to be an awkward expression of enthusiasm.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Voltaire’s avidity was, instead, part of the performance of his role as Top French Thinker—a position that might be unofficial but is as sharply defined as the papacy and has been handed on from one intellectual to the next over the centuries.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Her avidity added some dimension to Gold’s vision of a world in which justice is meted out to those who speak most eloquently and power redounds to those who are already powerful.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • The attacks demonstrated the group's thirst for vengeance against those who intervened against its initial rise in Iraq and Syria over a decade ago.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • His work is driven by curiosity, passion, and a thirst for experiences through adventure and travel… Read More Allen Farmelo Allen Farmelo is Robb Report's digital watch editor.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the appetite for immediate change seems limited.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • So what is the Warriors' appetite to shake things up this season?
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the oil industry, there is excitement about Trump’s drill-baby-drill ethos.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Kamiya's feelings are understandable, as leakers often kill any excitement for product reveals while derailing the plans of marketing departments.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Avidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avidness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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