as in greedy
having a huge appetite
we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly
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Recent Examples of ravenous
The basic question of the case, which is also the basic question of Altman’s career, is whether the transmogrification of OpenAI from a safety-minded nonprofit into a ravenous corporate behemoth was cynical in intention or merely in outcome.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Scenes from this film-within-a-film play out in full, and feature Emma Mackey as a damsel escaping a hungry, humanoid fish creature, while a pair of mad scientists, played by comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, attempt to study the ravenous creature.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Fans are ravenous, and rightfully hungry for more information about their new slow burn obsession couple.
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Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
As more miners turn up dead, Cher, a dazed young woman appears, seductive, ravenous and out for blood.
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Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Scenes from this film-within-a-film play out in full, and feature Emma Mackey as a damsel escaping a hungry, humanoid fish creature, while a pair of mad scientists, played by comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, attempt to study the ravenous creature.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Fans are ravenous, and rightfully hungry for more information about their new slow burn obsession couple.
—
Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
As more miners turn up dead, Cher, a dazed young woman appears, seductive, ravenous and out for blood.
—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenous
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The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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But Ecuador, which had only 1 point entering the match, was hungry for a big win.
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All the young guys are really hungry.
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Unfortunately, the crunch on memory and storage, in part due to the blockade of the Straits of Hormuz and, mostly, to the voracious demands of AI data centres, is having a disproportionate impact across the consumer electronics world.
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Political and local opposition has been growing because of fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and the centers’ voracious water needs.
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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