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Recent Examples of avidity The sheer avidity and gusto of Genevieve Simon’s all-out performance as Rosalind sets the tone for this winningly buoyant production of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023 Read the rest here, and please celebrate the holidays with avidity—whatever that might mean to you. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022 Those with an avidity for all things Saint Laurent will want to cover the six institutions, but the pleasure of this multi-stop exhibition, organized by and displaying the archives of the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, is that visitors need not follow any prescribed order. Amy Verner, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2022 This is influenced by a number of factors, including but not limited to the stability of the virus in the air, the avidity of the virus Spike protein to the host cell, the efficiency and concentration to which the virus replicates, and how days a person is contagious. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for avidity
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Noun
  • Prosecutors have alleged that Mangione wanted to send a message about corporate greed.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But people can get very emotional about money, experiencing feelings from scarcity and fear to greed, anxiety, shame, and guilt.
    Gabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Though the routine faced timing challenges, Richter's charm and enthusiasm won over the judges.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For most companies and CEOs, the metrics would be preposterously out of reach — among them are an eight-fold increase in market valuation and a 30-fold increase in earnings — but that ignores Musk’s ability to marshal investor enthusiasm and pull off new product launches.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This year finds artists quenching fans’ thirst for pop hits, literally.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Passionate about all things food and beverage, newness in flavor and technique quench my thirst for information, but so does learning about the people and places behind these movements.
    Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Polls of job approval are routinely used by political strategists to assess the public's appetite for change and can affect fundraising, candidate recruitment and messaging heading into midterm contests.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Its planned debut comes amid an influx of big cybersecurity deals and during a resurgence in IPO activity after soaring inflation and interest rates squashed appetite for tech deals.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seth Teasdale arrived at his alma mater, Utah Valley University, just before noon, rippling with excitement to see one of his online heroes, Charlie Kirk.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And who’s more starved for excitement these days than the Blackhawks and Blackhawks fans?
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Avidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avidity. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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