cacoëthes

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Noun
  • Even then, lawmakers couldn’t resist the compulsion to split hairs.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Books The Faithless Generation Traditional religion thrives in stable communities, not a world where innovators aim to ‘break things.’ Books Lies, Damned Lies, and Ideology John O’Sullivan The ideological lie persists, demanding compulsion to enforce its vision.
    Paul Baumann, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To satisfy any of these cravings, Putin will have to reach a peace agreement, preferably supplemented by an economic deal, or series of deals, with Trump.
    ANDREI KOLESNIKOV, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
  • That drug works by blocking the opioid receptors that trigger cravings.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Congress’s infatuation with China was disconcerting, along with the lack of understanding of how economically intertwined the US and China are.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Think quick infatuations, intense attraction and a willingness to dive headfirst into relationships and experiences.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • In recent years, as retro gaming and nostalgia goggles have left everyone yearning for throwbacks, the term friction has become a hot button topic.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • These episodes aren’t only defined by trauma, but also yearning, wonder, wistfulness, and joy; Sound of Falling’s tone can veer from the dreamy to the painfully sharp, its protagonists sometimes speaking in voiceover and other times turning the narration over to side characters.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Still, prosecutors have not outlined his potential motive, and a sweeping gag order has kept the parties from speaking publicly, making each pretrial hearing an opportunity to quench the public’s thirst to learn more details.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • One of the main culprits is the extraction of groundwater to quench the thirst of growing populations and commerce.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • But the series’s fascination with the prosperity doctrine and its detrimental consequences often felt secondary to a broader affection for its characters.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2025
  • Her hands-on background and fascinations involve outdoor cooking, foraging, and stewarding gardens.
    Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • But Sieh is the standout, emitting a complex blend of sardonic acceptance, cynical verbosity and submerged emotional longing.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Finding purpose Both the Futures Lab and Women in Animation sessions showed a clear longing from producers, and filmmakers to discuss their challenges.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The red, blue, and navy variations all scratch the striped sheet itch.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2025
  • By Anthony Washington, The Fresh Toast Spring is in the air and the travel itch is strong, looking for something different?
    Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Cacoëthes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caco%C3%ABthes. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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