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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
  • Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Prosecutors said the killings were motivated by greed, pointing to a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The enthusiasm has spawned an industry that turns offal—a catchall term for an animal’s nonmuscular parts—into pill or powdered form.
    Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
  • With 10 other governors in the room, the bipartisan enthusiasm was clear: States are committed to expanding opportunities that give students real-world learning experiences and clear pathways to economic mobility.
    Sara Schapiro, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To quench your thirst, order a pot of Moroccan mint tea and traditional Moroccan pastries at Le Terrasse des Èpices’ ground-floor pastry shop in Souk Cherifia.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Finally, the other dog lifts their head, and Ditta steps forward to quench her thirst.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The sweeping scope of Trump’s appetite for institutionalized retaliation has changed the threat landscape for everyone, almost overnight.
    Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
  • There is an appetite to again hold meetings in different locations as underlined by the historic visit to Zimbabwe.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Just seeing the excitement of Chicago for both of us, honestly, was really cool at that time.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Even amid the post-match excitement, Bompastor has a calm demeanour most of the time.
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Avidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avidity. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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