as in avarice
an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions
don't let greed for riches control you
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Recent Examples of greed
Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed
The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Since Tuesday, the company has been the subject of a boycott led by the People's Union USA, a grassroots movement that's accused McDonald's of price gouging, exploiting tax loopholes, corporate greed, and of walking away from its DEI commitments.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Avatar is very much a look at environmentalism, and ravaging natural resources for greed and corruption.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 June 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Since Tuesday, the company has been the subject of a boycott led by the People's Union USA, a grassroots movement that's accused McDonald's of price gouging, exploiting tax loopholes, corporate greed, and of walking away from its DEI commitments.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Avatar is very much a look at environmentalism, and ravaging natural resources for greed and corruption.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greed
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The attacks on law firms and lawyers, even as Chicago’s own Jenner & Block bravely resists, has nonetheless led to other firms with major offices in our city simply capitulating out of avarice or cowardice.—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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It is said that greed and avarice are the oldest human sins.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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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
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Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.—
Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2023
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At its core, this lifestyle aesthetic reflects a generation’s desire to return to a slower, simpler way of life.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 July 2025
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Wheeler will not participate in the game, citing his desire to stay on routine to help the Phillies win in the second half.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Cafu, on the other hand, will be entering the ring with plenty of confidence and hunger, knowing that an upset win could change his life and put him at the center of the super flyweight spotlight.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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At its best, that tempo is driven by shared hunger.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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Cooper Flagg’s work ethic does not specifically come from a thirst from within, a drive to be the best.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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In the past several years, as appetites for true crime have increased and murder rates in U.S. cities have decreased, Wolf has moved into the unscripted space, producing a bunch of true-crime shows for the likes of Oxygen and A&E.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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With his opaque history and sources of wealth, his super-powerful friends and his immoral appetites, Epstein became the perfect avatar for our at-home Hollywood heroism.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 July 2025
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“Greed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greed. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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