as in desire
a strong wish for something
a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles
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as in wanting
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
craves ice cream at all hours of the day
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as in jonesing
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Recent Examples of craving
Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
However, research has not proven a strong link between spicy food cravings and nutritional deficiencies.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
This is for all the introverts out there who might be craving cozy, comfy vibes but still want to go out.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verb
That means your cravings may come more from your gut than your taste buds.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
However, research has not proven a strong link between spicy food cravings and nutritional deficiencies.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
Adjective
Many people report craving desserts and high-carb foods before and during their periods.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
This is for all the introverts out there who might be craving cozy, comfy vibes but still want to go out.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for craving
Noun
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The desire to manage your world meets unpredictable inner shifts.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The strategy has been built around three main pillars: driving desire at scale, investing in social-first demand-generation, and embedding itself in culture.—
Charles Taylor,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Notes from the era reveal themes of longing and excitement of reunition, Kimberly Guise, senior curator and director for curatorial affairs at the National WWII Museum, told Newsweek.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Adults, at least those not addicted to this sort of mythological fantasy, will have a harder time.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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Season 4 revealed serial killer Lamar Silas (Eric Kofi Abrefa) in a rehabilitation center after being forcibly addicted to cocaine in Season 2 by Big Meech.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Life on these worlds would have to lurk underground for reasons other than thirst alone because their surface is scarcely shielded by an atmosphere and constantly bombarded with lethal cosmic rays.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
17 Aug. 2025
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Suddenly, a new order takes hold in Pavilion, whose fed-up residents grow increasingly divided between their desire to be treated with dignity and their thirst for revenge.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But mid-majors with double-digit seeds are worth enjoying on occasion.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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While enjoying a diverse customer base, budget-friendly retail has been especially popular with younger shoppers, which has helped expand the segment to more than $510 billion globally in 2022, according to Verified Market Research.—
Fred Battisti,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy are hoping to learn more about these shark and hooked striped bass interactions this summer, and the camera tags in Cape Cod Bay may help shed some light on this shark behavior in the bay.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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As their threatening name suggests, these birds were apex predators, using their strong legs and hooked beaks to hunt down prey.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 July 2025
Noun
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While there could be an urge to pull out everything in his arsenal to get Texas a win, ESPN's Chris Fowler had a simple message for the 21-year-old.—
Eduardo Razo,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Resist the urge to add vintage or thrifted pieces purely for the sake of filling it.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Their livelihood and the products that come from their seeds are strongly dependent on weather and climate.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Regardless, the move from the planning stage to the construction stage was dependent on those three public agreements, though none of them amounted to anything unusual for a major project, city officials said during that evening's meeting of the Oconomowoc Plan Commission.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Craving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craving. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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