voracity

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Recent Examples of voracity 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 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 See All Example Sentences for voracity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voracity
Noun
  • In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Noun
  • The inimitable Erica Messer — aka the lady with the cast iron stomach — serves as showrunner.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • One of his bullets sailed half a block down Fox St., hitting the young 6th grader in the stomach, mortally wounding her.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But intrepid travelers have not relented: The hunger to be first remains a powerful driver.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2025
  • During Ireland’s Great Famine, food exports continued even as locals starved—showing how hunger has often been less about supply than about control.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Voracity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voracity. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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