as in greedy
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
a bitter, moneygrubbing miser
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Conservatives, in their minds, are just always evil, mean, greedy, bad demons.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025 -
Here’s some truth that many women are not accustomed to hearing: wanting to be wealthy is not greedy.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Top Gun is streaming on Paramount+ and Prime Video, while Top Gun: Maverick is streaming on Paramount+. ‘Willow’ (1988) Val Kilmer stars as the mercenary Madmartigan opposite his then-real-life wife, Joanne Whalley as Sorsha, the daughter of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) in Willow.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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And how to be optimally developmental and transactional in an increasingly mercenary environment.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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The comedy-drama follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home seeking viral material, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost while dealing with avaricious relatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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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“Moneygrubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moneygrubbing. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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