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Recent Examples of voracity
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.
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Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2024
For a long time, Daina was also right about voracity.
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Andrew Van Dam,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2023
One expression that has emerged as an early fan favorite is his pamburguesa ($16), a convergence of a pambazo sandwich — dipped in red pepper sauce with all the voracity of a Chicago-style Italian beef — and a hamburguesa smashed cheeseburger, with spiced fries on the side.
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Louisa Chu,
chicagotribune.com,
8 Feb. 2022
Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.
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Eric Trager,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Sep. 2014
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Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2024
For a long time, Daina was also right about voracity.
—
Andrew Van Dam,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2023
One expression that has emerged as an early fan favorite is his pamburguesa ($16), a convergence of a pambazo sandwich — dipped in red pepper sauce with all the voracity of a Chicago-style Italian beef — and a hamburguesa smashed cheeseburger, with spiced fries on the side.
—
Louisa Chu,
chicagotribune.com,
8 Feb. 2022
Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.
—
Eric Trager,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Sep. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voracity
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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.
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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.
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That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
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Some laud the nation’s rapaciousness.
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People prone to heartburn or acid reflux may also find lemon water irritating, especially on an empty stomach.
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Onaje’s body was covered with numerous bruises to the chest, stomach, back and legs.
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The state also ranks fourth in the nation for childhood poverty and hunger, according to Katie Ruth Camp, the organization's vice president of marketing and public relations.
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Feeling comfortably full may help prevent waking up from hunger in the middle of the night.
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“Voracity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voracity. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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