hoarder

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Recent Examples of hoarder Mae was a hoarder and a severe hypochondriac, who, despite Christian Science’s stricture against traditional medicine, took barbiturates daily for anxiety. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Inside, the place is as decrepit as Julian, every corner cluttered with canvases, papers and enough dusty ephemera to warm the heart of any hoarder. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the original crypto hoarder that’s inspired a flood of imitators, has amassed more than $72 billion worth of Bitcoin. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025 Dog walking, house cleaning, hoarder helping, tutoring and surf instructing, to name a few. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hoarder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarder
Noun
  • Not exactly a time-saver, and certainly a waste of electricity.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • More than half of savers earn less than 3% in annual interest, Vanguard reported in a recent survey.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Other than the knife and a wooden artifact found in a pack rat’s nest, thought to be the shaft of an atlatl dart-throwing tool, no human artifacts or remains were ever found there.
    Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • The pack rat, whose entire yard is filled with stuff — a total junkyard.
    Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • The classic Dickens story has seen its fair share of retellings over the years with its tale of an elderly miser visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But nobody should ride this bike, or its cousins, like a juice miser on a cargo run.
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Hoarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarder. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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