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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenousness
Noun
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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,
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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
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Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.—
Eric Trager,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Sep. 2014
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The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.—
Gennaro Tomma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2024
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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
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The inimitable Erica Messer — aka the lady with the cast iron stomach — serves as showrunner.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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But intrepid travelers have not relented: The hunger to be first remains a powerful driver.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2025
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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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Action in every part of the world will be needed to keep pushing malnutrition toward zero.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mary’s cause of death was found to be protein-calorie malnutrition, an apparent result of her prolonged starvation in the county jail.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Image Image Image The U.N. has accused both warring sides of using starvation as a weapon of war.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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That pet appeared to have died from starvation and dehydration.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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