avidness

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Noun
  • George’s storyline this season also highlights his relentlessness and greed.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
  • Described as a darkly satirical tale of family and greed, with Shakespearean roots, the show follows a ruthless real estate tycoon bent on gentrifying the heart of America, whose quest begins to threaten his empire and embroil his family in the violent past of a lakeside town.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Late last week, some influential Democrats were saying that Lamont’s enthusiasm for his chief regulator may have cooled after PURA conceded destruction of the text messages.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • Throughout, the cast of 17 exudes an unmistakable enthusiasm for the material, the onstage electricity radiating up the alpine slopes of the Guthrie’s expansive Wurtele Thrust.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s enthusiasm for Russian President Vladimir Putin—and avidity for Russian money—dates back 20 years.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Voltaire’s avidity was, instead, part of the performance of his role as Top French Thinker—a position that might be unofficial but is as sharply defined as the papacy and has been handed on from one intellectual to the next over the centuries.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • California’s existing groundwater infrastructure may fail to quench the state’s thirst in an increasingly arid future, even as officials celebrate widespread conservation achievements, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) warned on Tuesday.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 24 June 2025
  • And for a nightcap, guests have not one, but two bar options to quench their thirst for spirits and top shelf drinks.
    Karla Pope, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • These market participants have a higher risk appetite and embrace alternative financial instruments.
    Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The flavors are perfect for high-fiber mocktails that activate GLP-1, the hormone that controls appetite.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Just hours after expressing confidence in his form and excitement for the week ahead, Jordan Spieth stunned the golf world by withdrawing mid-round from the 2025 Travelers Championship on Thursday.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • The stock rose more than 20% as excitement continued to build.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 20 June 2025
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“Avidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avidness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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