as in avarice
an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions
don't let greed for riches control you
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Recent Examples of greed
Several life-saving pediatric cancer drugs are in shortage and advocates say that corporate greed is partly to blame.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2024
Each had their lives cut short while fighting the good fight against unchecked corporate greed and environmental destruction.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
Prosecutors, meanwhile, claimed the boys wanted their inheritance and murdered their parents for greed.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Hope, relief and greed dominated as prices began to rise once again.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2024
Each had their lives cut short while fighting the good fight against unchecked corporate greed and environmental destruction.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
Prosecutors, meanwhile, claimed the boys wanted their inheritance and murdered their parents for greed.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Hope, relief and greed dominated as prices began to rise once again.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greed
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People steal out of jealousy, avarice, low self-esteem and peer pressure, while others use it to demonstrate their power and independence.David Schiffer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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No one is immune from guilt given how ownership and politicians equally drank from the well of avarice.Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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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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Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
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Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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To cupidity, and beyond!Kyle Smith, WSJ, 16 June 2022
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November 21, 2024 The holiday season is here—along, of course, with the desire to buy everything your heart desires.Vogue Club, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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The desires of the Mexican American residents for a quiet residential park have at times been at odds with other interests in the waterfront.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The idea of bankruptcy and hunger brings on the night sweats.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Or maybe your thirst for wine knowledge rivals your thirst for wine.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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For all my thirst for ghost stories as a kid, the ghost-hunting fad that came later never really captured my imagination in the same way.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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London’s top law firms hired partners at record speed this year, driven by American law firms’ appetite to compete for talent in the British capital.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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But advocates remain nervous given the GOP’s appetite for other anti-LGBTQ+ policies, such as bills blocking gender-affirming care for transgender youth.Kate Sosin, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Greed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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