Definition of gormandizenext
1
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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2
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

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  • And all those who find the Dodgers’ gorging offensive also tend to overlook that their spending provides real benefits as well.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
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  • But these categories devour a strong showing from elder statesmen.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • However, Iran’s people have seen the rial fall from a rate of 32,000 to $1 just a decade ago — which has devoured the value of their savings.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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  • Here, visitors can feast on steak and lobster at a five-star restaurant or meet a friendly local who will divulge the name of a hole-in-the-wall eatery whose menu boasts local dishes.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The press feasted on Duesberg’s self-portrayal as the victim of ostracism arising from professional jealousies — a target of cancel culture before that was a thing.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
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  • That means that, for 20 years, as the real ambulances would idle on set, the crew and actors would be inhaling the diesel fumes that being emitted from the loud, life-saving vehicles.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
  • For decades the capital had worked like a slowly exploding atom bomb, inhaling poor Filipinos from the provinces and spitting them into distant suburbs, transforming rural barangays into slums of concrete and zinc.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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  • Protostars are messy and dynamic, gulping down material in spurts and fits and ejecting powerful outflows of wind and jets that punch into the surrounding clouds.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.
    Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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