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as in greedy
having a huge appetite
it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day
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as in avid
showing urgent desire or interest
a voracious reader
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Recent Examples of voracious
The venomous caterpillars of this species of moth thrive in voracious groups.
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Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
This is problematic, because scientists have estimated that the merger chains of progressively larger black holes and the voracious feeding on surrounding matter that leads black holes to supermassive sizes are thought to take more than a billion years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Trump has said the United States is in an artificial-intelligence arms race with China and others, making the industry’s voracious power needs a national priority.
—Timothy Gardner, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Leave aside the many copyright fights and licensing deals between content owners and the voracious ingestion of their works by the LLM vendors.
—Tod Loofbourrow, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
This is problematic, because scientists have estimated that the merger chains of progressively larger black holes and the voracious feeding on surrounding matter that leads black holes to supermassive sizes are thought to take more than a billion years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Trump has said the United States is in an artificial-intelligence arms race with China and others, making the industry’s voracious power needs a national priority.
—Timothy Gardner, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Leave aside the many copyright fights and licensing deals between content owners and the voracious ingestion of their works by the LLM vendors.
—Tod Loofbourrow, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voracious
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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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An avid dancer and photographer, Dondé likes to incorporate his artistic passions into his bar offerings, often naming creative libations after his most beloved tunes and entertainers.—
Kristin Tablang,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The victim’s 15-year-old daughter Alisha told The News her father was an avid fisherman.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Poles needs to find difference-makers, nasty offensive linemen, game-wrecking defensive linemen, ravenous pass rushers … again, the Bears have a lot of needs.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nonnative invasive species and ravenous deer are killing the nearby trees that are necessary to feed and provide homes for future generations of beavers.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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Tulowitzki, now an assistant coach with the Texas Longhorns, happily obliged — excited to work with a player of Betts’ caliber and, like the rest of the baseball world, also curious to see how the six-time Gold Glove right fielder would fare in his virtually unprecedented position switch.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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One of Ritchson’s co-stars who was excited to see the massive throwdown between Reacher and Paulie was Maria Sten, who reprises her role as Francis Neagly—Reacher’s former fellow solider and closest confidant—in Season 3.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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And in 2023, Jimmy Kimmel anticipated that his audience might be hungry, and stashed snacks underneath their seats (with attendant donations to the L.A. Food Bank).—
Justine Fisher,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Chelsea’s ownership viewed them all as young, smart, hungry, motivated people at the right point of their respective career arcs.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Despite the grim proceedings and grubby environment, the spatial arrangement of the image brings to mind a theatre balcony packed with eager punters ready to consume their money’s worth of entertainment.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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The obvious concern is that such a move could result in a loss of business, as there are always plenty of young publicists who are struggling to build their brands and eager to add a famous name to their client list without being too picky about contract terms.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sit at the counter and watch the enthusiastic chefs at work.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Jones has sounded less than enthusiastic about the prospect of facing Aspinall ever since the Englishman put himself in line for the next shot by capturing the interim heavyweight title.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Even the most ardent Canadian partisans want to see Canada beat the best possible version of Team USA on Thursday, surely.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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But at the same time, many of Mr. Trump’s most ardent supporters — especially those who are most plugged into new conservative intellectual currents — are following Mr. Vance’s lead and trying to undermine the authority of any judge who rules against the president.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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