as in greedy
having a huge appetite
we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly
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Recent Examples of ravenous
And thanks to the ravenous monsters that nightly disguise themselves as smiling humans and eat anyone unprotected outside, plus various other eldritch horrors like ghosts and malevolent bugs, not to mention dwindling resources and communal infighting, everyone is always on edge.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The researchers found that clay sprayed on the water's surface bonds with the carbon, creating sticky balls that become part of the ravenous little creatures' daily smorgasbord.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
That said, recent history suggests the most ravenous cap eaters do not inherently prevent an organization from remaining competitive.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Like the ravenous guest at a buffet, the defense has gobbled up the fact that Buzbee appeared to backtrack a step or two on his client after that NBC News interview.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
The researchers found that clay sprayed on the water's surface bonds with the carbon, creating sticky balls that become part of the ravenous little creatures' daily smorgasbord.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
That said, recent history suggests the most ravenous cap eaters do not inherently prevent an organization from remaining competitive.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Like the ravenous guest at a buffet, the defense has gobbled up the fact that Buzbee appeared to backtrack a step or two on his client after that NBC News interview.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenous
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Consciously or not, Orsolya has played an active role in such urban growth; her job is to evict people from the lots that have been gobbled up by the government and/or greedy real estate developers who want to turn them into condos, chain stores, and luxury hotels.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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Many of the Bronx’s Jews were not just liberals but leftists, leading rent strikes against greedy landlords.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Feb. 2025
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New York got an L&L in 2004 and lost it again about a decade later; in the years since, a hungry person in this town wanting plate-lunch flavors had few options.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Food for Peace program allows farmers to sell their crops to the government which then distributes the food to feed the hungry abroad.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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What’s different in 2025 is the tech sector’s voracious appetite for power translating into a willingness to pay a premium for nuclear.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
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People involved in Bregman’s off-field pursuits describe his involvement in an almost identical way to his baseball life, a voracious participant who immerses himself in every facet of the endeavor.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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