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Recent Examples of cupidity Tablets: Secrets of the Clay by Dunya Mikhail Sue Halpern For the Love of Money Sarah Wynn-Williams’s damning memoir of working at Facebook exposes the predatory cupidity of the company’s executives. Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2025 Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity. Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 To cupidity, and beyond! Kyle Smith, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Céline often accused Rosembly of having stolen the manuscripts from his apartment in the chaos of the war’s end; certainly, Rosembly was imprisoned for looting various collaborators’ apartments in Montmartre, where Céline used to live, though whether out of revenge or cupidity is also unclear. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022 The meaning of cupidity: a strong desire for wealth. Dallas News, 1 June 2022
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greed
Noun
  • In the 13-episode epic, Our Blues’ Kim Woo-bin stars as Iblis, a Satanic genie who is utterly convinced of humanity’s inherent greed.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The larger themes of Midnight Timetable are about death and loss, yes, but how frequently greed and cruelty sprout from this fertile earth.
    Diana Arterian October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Cupidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupidity. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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