as in greedy
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the historic home and build a shopping mall
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Recent Examples of acquisitive
The synergies that acquisitive CEOs routinely promise often fail to materialize, but in this instance there was never any realistic prospect for synergies.
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Martin Fridson, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
But the dealer’s acquisitive focus often operated as a Midas touch, turning those around him into golden objects.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The aggregator continues to be acquisitive of other Shopify brands in categories such as health, apparel and consumer electronics, Rabois says.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Allen Media Group has been acquisitive over the past six years.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
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Martin Fridson, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
But the dealer’s acquisitive focus often operated as a Midas touch, turning those around him into golden objects.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The aggregator continues to be acquisitive of other Shopify brands in categories such as health, apparel and consumer electronics, Rabois says.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Allen Media Group has been acquisitive over the past six years.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquisitive
Adjective
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When Sue becomes greedy with her time, exceeding seven days on the outside, Elisabeth suffers the consequences, and things take a dark and twisted turn.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Forget the greedy streamers: leave the job of filmmaking to people who care, to people like Corbet and Eisenberg, Fargeat and Zilbalodis.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Neither Evil Steve Jobs nor his mercenary lackey are given much of a motor and oppressive presence.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Since invading Ukraine, Putin has regularly invoked old arguments about Russia’s imperial role in the world, yet his references amount to a mercenary patchwork.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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Still, companies are eager to force folding screens into more types of devices, with the tech already expanding from phones to PCs and monitors.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pearce plays Van Buren as hungry and avaricious even in his kinder moments, a man of immense wealth whose primary desire is to own more and more.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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For a very long time, other nations have been sizing up California with a covetous eye.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Those include a daffy retriever, a headstrong capybara, a covetous lemur and a mysterious bird, as well as glimpses of more fantastical creatures.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Acquisitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquisitive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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