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Noun
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The French—and, later, Anglo (Wilde, Beardsley, Rossetti)—attitude, mannered and morbid, was perhaps too Old World, at odds with our cheerful, Protestant rapacity.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 -
Unlike the specialized literary magazine and its informal cousin, the literary blog, the general-interest newspaper has a kind of noble rapacity, an encyclopedic ambition to wrap its arms around the whole of the world.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.—
Gennaro Tomma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2024
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Obviously though, this voracity for Sonnys doesn’t happen in a vacuum.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
8 July 2024
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That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some laud the nation’s rapaciousness.—
Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Long road trips, cruises, airplane takeoffs, and landings—all make my stomach lurch.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
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Taking a vitamin D supplement with black coffee or on an empty stomach meaningfully reduces how much your body can actually use.—
Allison Palmer
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Ancient ruins deliver on that hunger like little else.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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In her work with zebra finches, Elie has categorized 11 of the birds’ calls, linking them to distinct meanings such as hunger, danger, bonding and social conflict.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Prabowo aimed to fight malnutrition and help farmers by purchasing their harvests, but critics had questioned whether the program was affordable and logistically possible in a vast archipelago of more than 282 million people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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And dietitians are sharing concerns about malnutrition and muscle wasting.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Because pets lack the natural instincts to survive in the wild, this practice frequently exposes them to starvation, extreme weather, vehicle accidents or fatal attacks by wildlife.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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The villagers on the rock had ripped clothes and dirty faces, seemingly stunned that they had been found alive in the race against starvation and suffocation.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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