voracity

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Recent Examples of voracity The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests. — Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024 Obviously though, this voracity for Sonnys doesn’t happen in a vacuum. — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 8 July 2024 While the public’s voracity for opinion polls has diminished greatly after the elections handed Javier Milei the Presidency, figures have slowly been making their way into the public realm. — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 The voracity of everyday life flattens the human landscape and makes people into roles, stripping them of their inner characteristics and personal stories and, therefore, their importance. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for voracity
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  1. rapacity
  2. voraciousness
  3. rapaciousness
  4. stomach
  5. hunger
Noun
  • This variation of socialism aimed to blunt the rapacity of capitalism rather than sharpen its contradictions and hasten the coming revolution.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of rapacity
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  • That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of voraciousness
Noun
  • Some laud the nation’s rapaciousness.
    — Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of rapaciousness
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  • Salmonella infection can cause diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting, according to the CDC.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • How do your feelings about your stomach affect your daily life?
    — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of stomach
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  • When hunger sets in, Franschhoek is ready to pounce with its stellar selection of farm-to-fork style restaurants.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Ínség-szikla is just one example of Central Europe’s many hunger stones.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
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