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as in grasping
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
a young rocker who was greedy for fame and riches the greedy exploitation of the land by developers
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as in ravenous
having a huge appetite
he's so greedy you have to carefully watch your plate during dinner, lest he snatch food off it
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as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
he's greedy for new assignments that will really challenge him
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Recent Examples of greedy
Some people are adamant that the immediate family of a bride or parent-to-be should never host the shower, suggesting that such a move seems self-serving or like a greedy call for gifts.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
The greedy people will get theirs when people get fed up with being gouged at every turn.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Manipulating these obviously very greedy and avaricious [people] is still kind of beneath his skills.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Though one is a human innovation and the other hails from a distant world, neither would’ve posed a danger had greedy tech barons not released them from the Pandora’s box of scientific progress.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
The greedy people will get theirs when people get fed up with being gouged at every turn.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Manipulating these obviously very greedy and avaricious [people] is still kind of beneath his skills.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Though one is a human innovation and the other hails from a distant world, neither would’ve posed a danger had greedy tech barons not released them from the Pandora’s box of scientific progress.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greedy
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Engineers still struggle to replicate a grasping human hand, or the hand-eye coordination of a human brain.—
Natan Linder,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The imperial Presidency: Designs on Greenland, promises to take back the Panama Canal, threats of tariffs on countries ranging from Colombia to Taiwan—how did a President who once pledged isolationism become so grasping?—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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Sawflies are ravenous insects that feed on a wide variety of landscape trees, shrubs, and conifers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Screwworms—or technically New World Screwworms (NWS)—are parasitic flies that spawn hundreds of ravenous larvae in the wounds and orifices of a wide range of warm-blooded animals.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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This year’s Fall Preview consists of all the entertainment — from TV to video games to theater — that Vulture writers and editors are excited to consume this season.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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The inclusion created viral moments around social media with BLACKPINK’s global fanbase excited to see the song’s inclusion and the Shazam charts showing clear curiosity from viewers to find out more about the music.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For most players, that amount of storage is realistically enough for all but the most covetous data hoarders.—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
3 Aug. 2025
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This is, in part, correct: Voldemort is extremely covetous of power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Its free lunch program for the homeless and hungry draws more than 200 people in a week, and a free drop-in mental health clinic operates from offices on-site.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But until now, such light sources required large, power-hungry tabletop systems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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In high school, Kirk became an avid listener of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, per NBC News.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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These restaurants and dives, located in live music and entertainment across the Front Range, were recommended by friends and readers of The Denver Post, as well as avid concertgoers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Retail e-commerce penetration had surged during the pandemic, which brought a rush of acquisitive capital into the space.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Banijay has been among the most acquisitive independent TV makers of recent years, and now reportedly has its sights on ITV.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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With today’s gluttonous demand for energy, nuclear is a realistic concept.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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“Greedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greedy. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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