as in greedy
having a huge appetite
the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer
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The greedy wizard had an idea to build beautiful hotels and homes.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2025 -
But that’s not the way of most corporate America, despite the endless pushing by greedy bankers and lawyers who don’t have enough work to do to maintain their admittedly lavish lifestyles versus pretty much the rest of the country’s work force.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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And thanks to the ravenous monsters that nightly disguise themselves as smiling humans and eat anyone unprotected outside, plus various other eldritch horrors like ghosts and malevolent bugs, not to mention dwindling resources and communal infighting, everyone is always on edge.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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The researchers found that clay sprayed on the water's surface bonds with the carbon, creating sticky balls that become part of the ravenous little creatures' daily smorgasbord.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That’s a gluttonous use of spectral bandwidth by today’s standards.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Sep. 2010
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Gets Surprise Company Woman Leaves Chicken Breast Out To Defrost, Cat Seizes His Opportunity While dogs are often seen as gluttonous, cats can be just as food-motivated.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Another key piece of the design storytelling in the film is the art and furnishings in Van Buren’s home — Pearce’s character, the film’s primary antagonist, is meant to be a voracious collector.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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The venomous caterpillars of this species of moth thrive in voracious groups.—
Ivan Amato,
Scientific American,
30 Jan. 2025
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New York got an L&L in 2004 and lost it again about a decade later; in the years since, a hungry person in this town wanting plate-lunch flavors had few options.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Food for Peace program allows farmers to sell their crops to the government which then distributes the food to feed the hungry abroad.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Esurient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esurient. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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