gormandized

Definition of gormandizednext
past tense of gormandize
1
as in gorged
to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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

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  • The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This means selling off many of the securities the Fed gorged on in a stair-step of crises over the last 18 years.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
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  • The moment marks the point of no return, as Clark forces his therapist to affirm him, abandoning any possibility of growth—Clark is devoured by his own worst self.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • An unusual collection of stars may represent the remnants of a dwarf galaxy that the Milky Way devoured about 10 billion years ago.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
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  • The microscopic droplets released from a flushing toilet can rise 4 feet in the air and be inhaled or land on bathroom surfaces.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
  • One of them inhaled water and became unconscious, NBC 5 and CBS News Chicago reported, citing authorities.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
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  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
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  • The walls of his home office were crammed with photos, jerseys and plaques from his 22-plus years as an NBA head coach, with stops in Portland, Sacramento, Golden State, Houston and Minnesota.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The seven episodes leading up to The Audacity's season finale have been crammed with enough questions, conflicts, and conundrums to fill Hypergnosis' infinite database.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
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  • The real estate heir went on to become a vocal advocate for firing former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — as well as controversial housing proposals, like a 50-year mortgage, that other GOP officials scoffed at.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • Froelich and Cutter scoffed at those arguments.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
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“Gormandized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandized. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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