as in rapacity
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Recent Examples of voracity
While the public’s voracity for opinion polls has diminished greatly after the elections handed Javier Milei the Presidency, figures have slowly been making their way into the public realm.
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The voracity of everyday life flattens the human landscape and makes people into roles, stripping them of their inner characteristics and personal stories and, therefore, their importance.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
For a long time, Daina was also right about voracity.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
One expression that has emerged as an early fan favorite is his pamburguesa ($16), a convergence of a pambazo sandwich — dipped in red pepper sauce with all the voracity of a Chicago-style Italian beef — and a hamburguesa smashed cheeseburger, with spiced fries on the side.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The voracity of everyday life flattens the human landscape and makes people into roles, stripping them of their inner characteristics and personal stories and, therefore, their importance.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
For a long time, Daina was also right about voracity.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
One expression that has emerged as an early fan favorite is his pamburguesa ($16), a convergence of a pambazo sandwich — dipped in red pepper sauce with all the voracity of a Chicago-style Italian beef — and a hamburguesa smashed cheeseburger, with spiced fries on the side.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voracity
Noun
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Wiggins missed one game due to a stomach illness, five games due to a sprained right ankle, two games due to a left lower leg contusion and six straight games due to a recent hamstring issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Read more Chemistry What Mom Finds in Her Teen Daughter's Room Shocks Internet: 'Dangerous' This includes both ingredients in food and natural substances in the body that can trigger bitter taste sensors found outside the mouth, like in the stomach or other organs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Citing the latest analysis examining the worsening hunger crisis, the group noted that the number of Haitians internally displaced by gang attacks has increased by 48% between June and December of last year, and 300,000 more Haitians now face worsening levels of hunger.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tell me about where that hunger is coming from a little bit more.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Voracity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voracity. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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