as in greedy
having a huge appetite
the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer
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People being selfish, people being greedy, people murdering other people, people kidnapping other people, taking advantage of women, people taking advantage of children, all of this awful stuff.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
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Other teams — notably the Danes, the Italians and the Americans — decided to let the greedier bunch scrap for the same optimum position on the line.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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These creators are racking up views and garnering hyper-dedicated audiences who are ravenous for every new twist in the case.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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Hache Pueyo’s novella is set in an alternate-Brazil stalked by ravenous, glittering guls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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The new Volante and its gluttonous power set a new legacy for the carmaker.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the last few seconds, the black holes whirl around each other at near the speed of light, emitting ever more powerful gravitational waves until the two actually merge, combining in one gluttonous gulp that leaves behind a single, more massive black hole.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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These critters are voracious filter feeders that deplete the plankton that other native fish also depend on.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Whereas his father was a voracious reader, including of Western novels, Mojtaba has primarily read Islamic texts and the poetry of Hafez.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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The sun is being devoured by energy-hungry microbes, called Astrophage, and the resulting cooling threatens to wipe out much of Earth’s population.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rivian has been teasing the R2 for a while now, dangling the promise of a smaller, cheaper, more attainable version of its beloved R1S in front of adventure-hungry buyers who couldn’t quite stretch to the $77,000-plus sticker of its halo SUV.—
Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Esurient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esurient. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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