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Recent Examples of avidity This is influenced by a number of factors, including but not limited to the stability of the virus in the air, the avidity of the virus Spike protein to the host cell, the efficiency and concentration to which the virus replicates, and how days a person is contagious. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 Those with an avidity for all things Saint Laurent will want to cover the six institutions, but the pleasure of this multi-stop exhibition, organized by and displaying the archives of the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, is that visitors need not follow any prescribed order. Amy Verner, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2022 Read the rest here, and please celebrate the holidays with avidity—whatever that might mean to you. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022 The trouble was that Giuliani was cashing in on a reputation for honesty and probity with unseemly avidity. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for avidity
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Noun
  • Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Critics of this alignment of the wealthy argue that Trump’s policies thus align less with economic populism to help the average man and more with corporate greed to help these elites.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Together Employee engagement reflects employees’ involvement and enthusiasm in their work and workplace, and language plays a major role in shaping that experience.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • With such unprecedented headwinds, the party actually did OK after Biden left the race: Kamala Harris boosted party members' enthusiasm and avoided a wipeout.
    Alex Thompson, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The track finds Rocky taking a lyrical jab at former affiliates of his crew, attributing their conduct to their own thirst for success and fame.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Wayne took out an ad of his own, distancing himself as much as possible from Wills' thirst.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, the same White House’s chaotic trade policy is undermining financial markets’ appetite for risk, leaving bitcoin in limbo, more than 20% off from its record high in January.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In their effort to mimic real meat, these companies have left consumers perplexed and without appetite.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For that much money, there’s no telling what kind of marketing push could be funded to drive GTA fans crazy with excitement and anticipation.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • After the cast reveal was made on a live stream, the Traitors US host took to social media to express his excitement about returning and share a video of himself practicing his Nightcrawler moves.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Avidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avidity. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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