appetites

noun

plural of appetite
as in likings
positive regard for something he has expensive appetites

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Recent Examples of appetites The annual dining crawl features two routes with at least 10 stops, though those with big appetites can choose to do both. — Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Things have changed, and the market has started to punish big tech companies with seemingly endless appetites for more compute. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 July 2026 The data centers’ appetites, however, aren’t fully sated with power alone. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 28 July 2026 Snack manufacturers and alcohol producers are facing the prospect of reduced appetites. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026 Made famous by Jewish-style delis in Richmond, Virginia, to satisfy the appetites of local Navy seamen, the Sailor sandwich is a meat-centric indulgence. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 July 2026 One section tracks the influence of the Alhambra complex, in Granada, where artists trekked to whet their appetites for the exotic. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Capturing that feel is one reason why Netflix and others are testing subscriber appetites for video podcasts from personalities including Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 July 2026 Politicians deploy its propulsive power to justify their deeds and appetites. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appetites
  1. likes
  2. tastes
  3. enthusiasms
Noun
  • The post quickly garnered over 1 million likes and among the thousands of comments were many people in awe of her postpartum body.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The algorithm counted likes and comments and rewarded whoever generated the most of them the fastest.
    — Tammy Homegardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of likes
Noun
  • After the couple’s differing tastes in music came to light, Miller asked who picks the music in the car.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Her taramosalata comes streaked with squid ink, and octopus arrives caramelized in petimezi, the grape must syrup that turns up across Cycladic kitchens but tastes distinctly of Tinos here.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of enthusiasms

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