as in eager
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Like Sánchez, many Chicago-area Catholics are making the nearly 4,000-mile pilgrimage to the Vatican to witness the inauguration Mass and other papal events this month, eager to celebrate one of their own rising to become Catholicism’s spiritual leader.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025 -
Sometimes the person accepting the soft promotion is eager to move up the ladder.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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These are people like me, whose hearts could fit in my chest, whose eyes could fit in my eye sockets, who were desirous of a lover’s touch.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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The event is free and open to all who are working for and/or desirous of justice and peace.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Nov. 2024
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But the approval process has been slow, the discounts vary from carrier to carrier, the requirements coming from insurers don’t always match the state’s own standards and the savings on offer are, according to some, miserly.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Newcastle's player sale profits were miserly for years until June 2024 Profit on player sales from 2014 to 2024 (£millions) Column chart of Newcastle United profit on player sales, where club record £69.8m in 2023-24 far outweigh what came before.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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From a purely materialistic point of view, becoming a parent means transitioning into an existence crammed with a mind-boggling amount of stuff—stuff to acquire, assemble and incorporate into your (increasingly hectic) daily routine.—
Darryn King,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Here’s a radical thought: Maybe their ruthlessly materialistic older brother, Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), will take a cue from Piper and embrace a new way to live.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The merged generative AI model is bloated and runs extremely slowly, possibly so piggish that using it on everyday tasks is exasperating and imprudent due to enormous delays while processing.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
11 Sep. 2024
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Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsgård), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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They are told to put money in piggy banks and not eat all their Halloween candy at once.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
6 Feb. 2023
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Compared to a large public pension fund (like many teachers’ retirement funds or police and firefighter funds), Social Security is like Fort Knox and these public funds are just big piggy banks.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas News,
18 Sep. 2022
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“Lickerish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lickerish. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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