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as in greedy
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV
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as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have
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Recent Examples of covetous
All regard Cuba with the covetous memories of former lovers—longing mingled with knowledge of the island’s practical side, its transactionalism.
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Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Photo : Mercedes-Benz AG This is a vehicle that is at once a capacious hauler of humans, a covetous lifestyle accessory, and a wildly competent militaristic transport.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
As Céline launches a charm offensive — a kind of maternal seduction, even — on the boy, Alice grows ever more anxiously protective: Is her bereft neighbor merely seeking an outlet for her grief, or enacting some kind of covetous revenge?
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
In a typical dispatch for The Church Times, about St. Matthew, Mr. Blythe wrote: Not for us covetous desires and inordinate love of riches.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Photo : Mercedes-Benz AG This is a vehicle that is at once a capacious hauler of humans, a covetous lifestyle accessory, and a wildly competent militaristic transport.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
As Céline launches a charm offensive — a kind of maternal seduction, even — on the boy, Alice grows ever more anxiously protective: Is her bereft neighbor merely seeking an outlet for her grief, or enacting some kind of covetous revenge?
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
In a typical dispatch for The Church Times, about St. Matthew, Mr. Blythe wrote: Not for us covetous desires and inordinate love of riches.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for covetous
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The family drama comedy follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home for viral content, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost and deal with greedy relatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Along that greedy path, he has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission three separate times.—
DP Opinion,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
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Dr Carlo Siracusa, associate professor of clinical behavior medicine at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, told the AKC that a male dog could injure the pups in play even be jealous of the litter.—
Rachael O'Connor,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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There are the Prayer Pods, a Jesse brainchild that are promptly abused by users; a jealous capuchin monkey named Dr. Watson who helps Judy's husband, BJ (Tim Baltz), recover from a pole dancing accident; and a water skiing scene with Goggins that doesn’t feature any clothing.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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The fictional couple’s dynamic was one of the most compelling elements of the original series, and fans will be eager to see how their story unfolds in the new chapter.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The test kitchen concept is one that Milo's is eager to share with the community and their biggest fans.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
18 Mar. 2025
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The prominent credit-card swiper offers 15 minutes for the high price of $15, and the show follows up on the Gemstones’ mercenary shamelessness later when someone working the telethon phone bank asks for a donor’s routing number.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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Vladimir Putin has relied on mercenary and convict soldiers, combined with lavish bonuses for poor Russians who volunteer to try their luck against killer Ukrainian robots on the steppe.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pearce plays Van Buren as hungry and avaricious even in his kinder moments, a man of immense wealth whose primary desire is to own more and more.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Not only is China’s population (1.4 billion) enormous, that same population is increasingly acquisitive.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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In a year of severe economic headwinds, being shrewdly acquisitive with its majority stakes paid off for STV, which runs a channels business, digital biz and the STV Studios productions arm.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Covetous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covetous. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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