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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Adjective
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The record labels are very greedy.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026 -
People have to suffer in order for people to be really greedy.—
Maria Bamford,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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The basic question of the case, which is also the basic question of Altman’s career, is whether the transmogrification of OpenAI from a safety-minded nonprofit into a ravenous corporate behemoth was cynical in intention or merely in outcome.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Scenes from this film-within-a-film play out in full, and feature Emma Mackey as a damsel escaping a hungry, humanoid fish creature, while a pair of mad scientists, played by comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, attempt to study the ravenous creature.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Another one of these gluttonous projects is hardly surprising.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2026
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Yes, the 2025-26 Premier League’s transfer windows featured a lot of gluttonous waste — and, amid the madness, some bargain buys too.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Tuesday’s rally was helped by the voracious appetite for memory chips in the artificial intelligence boom, and UBS tripling its price target on Micron, to $1,625.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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The growth of anime fandom has ripple effects down the line for licensed products and merchandise, as anime fans are voracious consumers of swag that affirms their fan identity.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Hummingbirds are hungry little creatures.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
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Zaeem Jafri won the Food category with his image of steaming dumplings and hungry customers at a food stall in Seoul.—
Sam Peters,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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“Esurient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esurient. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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