as in to want
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
craves ice cream at all hours of the day
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Recent Examples of crave
That's in part because the bank didn't yet have a digital banking solution that younger founders in particular craved, Petno said.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
In the end, people will always crave new, artfully told stories.
—Holly Willis, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
The dad, craving a Sunday-afternoon bonding experience, would open the account, make picks with his son, and then split the winnings—while covering the losses himself.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Memory Keeping After years of digital curation and disappearing content, creators are craving something tangible.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
In the end, people will always crave new, artfully told stories.
—Holly Willis, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
The dad, craving a Sunday-afternoon bonding experience, would open the account, make picks with his son, and then split the winnings—while covering the losses himself.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Memory Keeping After years of digital curation and disappearing content, creators are craving something tangible.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crave
Verb
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Ziegler’s humor and sympathy for her characters—including Creon, who desperately wants to do right by everyone—saves the conflict between individual and state from heavy-handedness.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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For her window display at the new Toast store in West Hollywood, artist Kyna Payawal wanted to entice pedestrians to stay and linger.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Sara also enjoys photographing sports.—
Sara Diggins,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Mar. 2026
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No one enjoys wearing stiff denim—especially not when you’re wedged into a middle seat at 35,000 feet or navigating cobblestone streets for hours on end.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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Taste and add more adobo sauce if desired.—
C.W. Cameron,
AJC.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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As in equities, a credit CV that purchases part of the shares in a private credit fund from those desiring to leave establishes a new separate fund, comprising the new buyout investors, that’s still managed by the PE firm that raised and ran the original pool.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Crave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crave. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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