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Adjective
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The track pokes fun at consumerism and a materialistic society constantly seeking the next best thing, a theme that remains relevant nearly 45 years later.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
22 Sep. 2025 -
Will Angie survive without her beloved materialistic items?—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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But is better than the alternative of admitting to an avaricious Moscow that Ukraine must accept some kind of defeat.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Manipulating these obviously very greedy and avaricious [people] is still kind of beneath his skills.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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That sounds a lot like Cassian Andor, the mercenary orphan turned galactic hero at the heart of two seasons of Andor on Disney+.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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Black and his co-writers soften the cold mercenary side of Parker by giving him something of a moral compass, which prompts him to toss $10,000 to the stranger’s wife before fleeing the scene.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Building out that platform and benefiting as more teams are plugged into it has meant Leonsis and MSE have stayed acquisitive.—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Retail e-commerce penetration had surged during the pandemic, which brought a rush of acquisitive capital into the space.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Following the splashy release of Sora 2, Musk — a founder of OpenAI who left the board in 2018 and has since become a fierce critic of the company and Altman — appeared particularly eager to plug his competitor product.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Proceeding With Task-Sharing Assume that mental health professionals desirous of doing task-sharing are fully aware of the various limitations and potential shortcomings.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Many enthusiasts gravitate toward the elemental 356 A, which is desirous in the same way a thin, non-automatic watch movement can be more satisfying than that found in a complicated chronograph.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
5 July 2025
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The war game, focused on anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine and flight operations, has been conducted on a biennial basis since 2004.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Its dual-tank water system keeps clean and dirty water separate, while the multi-surface brush roll handles sealed hard floors and rugs.—
Caitlyn Martyn
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FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Engineers still struggle to replicate a grasping human hand, or the hand-eye coordination of a human brain.—
Natan Linder,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The imperial Presidency: Designs on Greenland, promises to take back the Panama Canal, threats of tariffs on countries ranging from Colombia to Taiwan—how did a President who once pledged isolationism become so grasping?—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Commercialistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commercialistic. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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