as in hogs
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pigs
Approved for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020, the pigs are bred as part of an experimental effort to harvest animal organs for transplantation into humans.
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Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 June 2026
Last week, Martin got a call from humane officers, looking for help to rescue more than 50 pigs, a story first brought to you by KDKA-TV.
—Josh Taylor, CBS News, 11 June 2026
While the current transgenic animals represent a massive medical breakthrough, novel iterations will be critical to generate pigs that rival and ultimately surpass outcomes of human organs.
—Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
Another is raising Mangalitsa pigs at our request.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026
In the parking lot, Schenk offered us walking sticks for our hike, then led us through a gate in a chain-link fence meant to keep out wild pigs.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Several unrelated species evolved strikingly similar receptor modifications independently — including mongooses (family Herpestidae), hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) and pigs (Sus domesticus).
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
Their pigs apparently swear by it.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 June 2026
Last week, Martin got a call from humane officers, looking for help to rescue more than 50 pigs, a story first brought to you by KDKA-TV.
—Josh Taylor, CBS News, 11 June 2026
While the current transgenic animals represent a massive medical breakthrough, novel iterations will be critical to generate pigs that rival and ultimately surpass outcomes of human organs.
—Joshua Mezrich, STAT, 9 June 2026
Another is raising Mangalitsa pigs at our request.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026
In the parking lot, Schenk offered us walking sticks for our hike, then led us through a gate in a chain-link fence meant to keep out wild pigs.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Several unrelated species evolved strikingly similar receptor modifications independently — including mongooses (family Herpestidae), hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) and pigs (Sus domesticus).
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
Their pigs apparently swear by it.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigs
hogs
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming, homicide cases, state and local government and more.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2026
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Worked our way up to some Montana survival food……AKA, hog ribs!—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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“Pigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigs. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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