as in greedy
having a huge appetite
my edacious dining companion could always be counted on to order the largest—and often most expensive—item on the menu
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edacious
Adjective
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Are the companies somehow less greedy in other states?—
Ted Gaines,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025 -
What the greedy developers are trying to do burns me to no end.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Read’s defense team alleges she was framed for O’Keefe’s murder by cops who beat O’Keefe, let a ravenous dog attack him and then dropped his bloodied and bruised body outside in the freezing cold.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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There’s a fascinating rawness to the way the film portrays Andy that echoes Mia (Sophie Wilde) in Talk to Me, someone who disguised her ravenous neediness with a grin and a joke, all her grief bottled up inside.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Through it all, new industries and technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing continue to expand, with a voracious appetite for electrical power, computing power, and space to build.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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After years of lobbying from various fishing interests who maintain the species not only made a comeback, but were wiping out other species because of their voracious appetites, the FWC agreed in 2022 to open a very limited goliath grouper season.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2025
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“Edacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edacious. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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