as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
he was gung ho about his accounting class
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Recent Examples of gung ho
And even in early adopter states, where lawmakers are gung ho about innovative climate and energy policies, vehicle-to-grid tech is still in its early stages.
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Aarian Marshall,
Wired News,
9 June 2026
The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star.
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Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
16 June 2024
This place has been a coaching graveyard, but Canales is gung ho about his new job anyway.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Feb. 2024
Other researchers are less gung ho about such heady prospects.
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Daniel Garisto,
Scientific American,
10 Aug. 2023
There are merely people who are gung ho about it, and people who would prefer for various reasons to soft-pedal it.
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Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
2 June 2023
Even financial firms, perhaps the most gung ho about return-to-office policies, have mostly caved, resigning themselves to a hybrid future that has, in many cases, stalled out at two-day-a-week callbacks.
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Curbed,
15 June 2022
Aarian Marshall,
Wired News,
9 June 2026
The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star.
—
Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
16 June 2024
This place has been a coaching graveyard, but Canales is gung ho about his new job anyway.
—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Feb. 2024
Other researchers are less gung ho about such heady prospects.
—
Daniel Garisto,
Scientific American,
10 Aug. 2023
There are merely people who are gung ho about it, and people who would prefer for various reasons to soft-pedal it.
—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
2 June 2023
Even financial firms, perhaps the most gung ho about return-to-office policies, have mostly caved, resigning themselves to a hybrid future that has, in many cases, stalled out at two-day-a-week callbacks.
—
Curbed,
15 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gung ho
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The 21-year-old was nervous and excited putting on the Lakers’ gold jersey Friday at Chase Center.
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Mauricio Umansky, Richards' estranged husband, is just as excited for the family's new addition.
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Morse, a progressive Republican from Wisconsin and an avid Cold Warrior, had been elected to the Senate from Oregon but left the Republican Party in part because of its failure to denounce Joseph McCarthy and, in 1955, became a Democrat.
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Hiking in particular requires much less guiding and support than cycling and many avid hikers are totally confident on their own.
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But it's been on the court where Hargitay has proved to be one of Brunson's most enthusiastic supporters, frequently attending Knicks games at Madison Square Garden.
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Here’s help The Tartan Army took over Miami Scottish fans are enthusiastic, rambunctious, loud and — more than anything — organized.
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Brown, though, is in the prime of his career and no doubt eager to prove the Celtics wrong for trading him after a decade in Boston.
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Up in arms about the way the government has been controlling the food supply, the common folk are eager to test their newfound democratic power.
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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“Gung ho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gung%20ho. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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