self-seeking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-seeking
Adjective
  • This intensive research helps weed out goals that are genuinely unrealistic or, while ambitious, are already being solved by the market.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Saudi Arabia's social and economic transformation agenda is particularly ambitious and expensive.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Ultraman of the comics would need a whole lot of convincing to help A.R.G.U.S. or anyone else to work for something other than his own selfish designs; not to mention doing it while hiding his identity.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • What Pete Rose did was selfish, illicit, shameful, crooked.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Born in Nicaragua and raised in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, Ramirez had scored an early film-producing credit (Public Figure, an independent documentary about social media featuring Rose McGowan) and had been the subject of a photo spread on Vanity Teen, a website highlighting aspiring models.
    Ben Widdicombe, Vulture, 12 May 2025
  • Christie, alongside dozens of other experts, is there for any aspiring writer with 79 pounds (about $105) to spare.
    Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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“Self-seeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-seeking. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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