as in greedy
having a huge appetite
gluttonous customers had practically emptied the all-you-can-eat buffet
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Recent Examples of gluttonous
Yes, the 2025-26 Premier League’s transfer windows featured a lot of gluttonous waste — and, amid the madness, some bargain buys too.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
This pits gluttonous fans against three Philly cheesesteaks and three orders of fries over the game's three periods.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
That being said, writing this list has been a gluttonous doozy.
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Andre James,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2026
The new Volante and its gluttonous power set a new legacy for the carmaker.
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James Raia,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gluttonous
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
This pits gluttonous fans against three Philly cheesesteaks and three orders of fries over the game's three periods.
—
Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
That being said, writing this list has been a gluttonous doozy.
—
Andre James,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2026
The new Volante and its gluttonous power set a new legacy for the carmaker.
—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gluttonous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gluttonous
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The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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The reading drew a ravenous crowd packing the modestly sized Lower East Side storefront so tight that beads of sweat might as well have begun dripping from the walls.
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The Pork Belly A breakfast diner that added piggish flair to Kuna’s dining scene is no more.
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The merged generative AI model is bloated and runs extremely slowly, possibly so piggish that using it on everyday tasks is exasperating and imprudent due to enormous delays while processing.
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“Gluttonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluttonous. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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