cacoëthes

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Noun
  • But now, having reined in his recklessness and compulsion to constantly create and force plays, the Patriots have developed an elite prospect into a promising pro passer.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Where does this compulsion stem from?
    Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Bottom Line Sugar cravings are natural, but that doesn’t mean candy or other treats loaded with refined sugar are the only way to satisfy them.
    Christina Manian, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This two-floor restaurant is a long-standing community favorite offering a large and diverse menu to suit all tastes and cravings, from hamburgers to sushi.
    Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For the 20-teens (specifically 2015-2020), that infatuation came in the form of Spotify playlists.
    Sam Saideman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The breathless discussion about that photograph felt almost like a yearning for the past, when consensus could be built through celluloid.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reusable Water Bottle A long day of exploration can easily work up a thirst.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Zinna died of thirst and starvation, but the day would never be determined.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And the fascination didn’t stop there.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • From the very birth of the moving picture in the late 19th century, the revolutionary medium has had an inherent fascination with its own creation.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reflect honestly about your longings as Mercury flows with Jupiter and Saturn.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Together, Alborán and Riza beautifully harmonized over a dreamy, Middle Eastern rhythm that Reyes was creating, and later brainstormed heartfelt lyrics about missing and longing for someone.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s the itch that Winstead’s horror projects have scratched, from The Hand That Rocks the Cradle back to 2006’s Final Destination 3 and 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • After seven months away from the Philadelphia Eagles, Brandon Graham has the itch to play again.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Cacoëthes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caco%C3%ABthes. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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