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Recent Examples of cupidity Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity. Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 To cupidity, and beyond! Kyle Smith, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Céline often accused Rosembly of having stolen the manuscripts from his apartment in the chaos of the war’s end; certainly, Rosembly was imprisoned for looting various collaborators’ apartments in Montmartre, where Céline used to live, though whether out of revenge or cupidity is also unclear. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022

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“Cupidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cupidity. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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