as in likings
positive regard for something
he has expensive appetites
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Recent Examples of appetites
Thankfully, no nighttime cookies or chocolates await kids to destroy little appetites, and their folks’ patience.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Green has asked Winzinger to conduct cooking demonstrations in class, hoping to whet students’ appetites with dishes like chicken mushroom Alfredo and mushroom soup.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Over the past couple of years, as millions of Americans began taking these GLP-1s — and as appetites have shrunk — restaurants started to notice.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping on the facility’s hard metal bunk beds in rooms shared by at least a dozen other people, and were constantly sick.
—Mica Rosenberg, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
That type of performance might whet the appetites of public market investors, who have not seen many new issuances of technology companies with high growth rates.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
While the influx of data centers in Georgia promises jobs and local prosperity, their outsized use of power, water and land is so significant Georgia legislators must decide whether customers need further protection from the centers’ vast appetites.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The studio was then owned by wildcatter Marvin Davis, a six-foot-four, three-hundred-pound man of Falstaffian appetites.
—Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Even during our annual summer family fishing trips, hot beef Manhattans held a special culinary distinction for our dining appetites.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Green has asked Winzinger to conduct cooking demonstrations in class, hoping to whet students’ appetites with dishes like chicken mushroom Alfredo and mushroom soup.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
Over the past couple of years, as millions of Americans began taking these GLP-1s — and as appetites have shrunk — restaurants started to notice.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping on the facility’s hard metal bunk beds in rooms shared by at least a dozen other people, and were constantly sick.
—Mica Rosenberg, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
That type of performance might whet the appetites of public market investors, who have not seen many new issuances of technology companies with high growth rates.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
While the influx of data centers in Georgia promises jobs and local prosperity, their outsized use of power, water and land is so significant Georgia legislators must decide whether customers need further protection from the centers’ vast appetites.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The studio was then owned by wildcatter Marvin Davis, a six-foot-four, three-hundred-pound man of Falstaffian appetites.
—Gabriel Sherman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Even during our annual summer family fishing trips, hot beef Manhattans held a special culinary distinction for our dining appetites.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appetites
Noun
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The reality is fashion fame today is measured in screenshots and likes, and not just traditional press coverage, a single great look, or even a consistent message across the season.—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Davidson was not personally nominated at the BAFTAs, but the actor who played him in I Swear, Robert Aramayo, staged a shocking upset when he was announced as the winner in the Best Actor category, defeating the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The cargo fits the tastes and needs of the region.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Among the lenders to the show, alongside the Dallas art patrons who have supported the culture for many years, and whose tastes will be familiar to any local art lover, are a number of younger names, whose choices suggest where the culture is headed.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fedorova knows that her enthusiasms will not be shared by everyone.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Appetites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appetites. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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