1
as in greedy
having a huge appetite
it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day
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2
as in avid
showing urgent desire or interest
a voracious reader
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Recent Examples of voracious
But Baker has a voracious appetite for learning his craft and is a prolific note-taker.
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James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Well, utilities are getting a lot of attention as a way to play AI’s voracious appetite for electricity.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
These butterflies utilize cole crop foliage for laying eggs, out of which hatch voracious larvae that decimate the foliage and put an end to your fantasies about a hefty cole crop harvest.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Mirren, however, is a voracious reader and read the book long before she was cast.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Well, utilities are getting a lot of attention as a way to play AI’s voracious appetite for electricity.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
These butterflies utilize cole crop foliage for laying eggs, out of which hatch voracious larvae that decimate the foliage and put an end to your fantasies about a hefty cole crop harvest.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Mirren, however, is a voracious reader and read the book long before she was cast.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voracious
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Polaha plays Dick Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage who is taken hostage by Tony Kiritsis (Ribisi), who publicly accuses him on being a greedy and cutthroat monster.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Left-wing antisemitism, which cast Jews as greedy capitalists, existed as well, especially in France, but Jew-baiting remained primarily a right-wing pursuit, the work of illiberal nativists who saw a tiny minority as polluting the purity of their racial or religious communities.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The landowner, who happened to be an avid collector of Native American artifacts, retrieved the skull and promptly reported the find to Chief Deputy Dan Becker on June 2, 2025.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the house, they’re represented as starry lights, a firefly painting (Windham was an avid painter), and a full-size Firefly scareactor.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Those ravenous fans still gave it a rare A+ CinemaScore, naturally, which is certainly kinder than some music critics were to the album itself.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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But few of the directors who would join V/H/S over the years that followed introduced a more memorable creature — a birdlike demon who oscillates from purring affection to ravenous rage — or so skillfully tracked the running bodies captured by a running camera.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Now, a couple of posts can result in an influx of enthusiastic participants for rookie organizers who lack the structure to host them.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The sensational turn in the case fueled breathless news coverage as the public became hungry for any revelation about the brothers’ motives or the dark secrets that had been festering inside the Menendez family home.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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This familiar restaurant is a magnet for hungry thru hikers passing through town since it’s located directly on the Appalachian Trail.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Both backs seemed excited about employing more pony looks.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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He could also be seen nodding his approval after the dance — and earning a thunderous round of excited shouts from the audience.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Curry also remembered the future president being very eager for his then-girlfriend, Marla Maples, to be introduced to the film's director, Chris Columbus.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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Showgirl was introduced as an album that gives fans a look behind the Eras Tour curtain, so attendees of that tour were eager to not just relive the magic but learn more about Taylor’s thought processes during such a whirlwind time of her career.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Word of mouth recommendations are eBay’s biggest source of new business, so Iannone puts a premium on engaging the site’s most ardent users.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, the occupation undermined loyalty to Great Britain even among its most ardent supporters.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Voracious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voracious. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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