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Examples of greed in a Sentence
Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
What’s happening: Economic downturns, real or perceived, tend to shift investor mentality away from greed and toward fear.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Vengeance, greed, and blood soak the pages but so do love, loss, and a lot of regret.
—Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
And there's concern among long-timers that the hot market for puppies is incentivizing people who are in it for greed, not the breed.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
And there’s concern among long-timers that the hot market for puppies is incentivizing people who are in it for greed, not the breed.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Kenyan critics also accused Mr. Ruto of being motivated by greed and power.
—Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
As the moon and Mars clash, distinguish between need and greed.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
The crimes unfortunately go far beyond simple greed.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
back-formation from greedy
1609, in the meaning defined above
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“Greed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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