as in greedy
having a huge appetite
the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer
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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 -
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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While Scherzinger’s ravenous performance provides a great part of this revival’s adrenaline, the show is also jolted into new life by the collision of the spartan Lloydiverse with all the plush and purple of Lloyd Webber’s score.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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By comparing Chandra's observations with the JWST's measurements of hydrogen ionization, the researchers found that galaxies with the most ravenous black holes show the lowest star formation rates.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To devour one in a single bite would be gluttonous.—
Tanya Sichynsky,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Another venerable Caribbean Carnival tradition is the breakfast party, which on paper sounds like bona-fide madness: wake up in the middle of the night, go to a nice venue, drink and dance until the sun rises, eat a gluttonous drunken breakfast, then return home to get back in bed and knock out.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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China’s cockroach farms are already addressing this issue, feeding vast quantities of organic waste to billions of voracious insects.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, the voracious nature of its acquisitions has been what has gotten it into trouble repeatedly with the Justice Department.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Argentine manager told reporters that the Panamanians were hungrier.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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But on the latest installation of Rolling Stone Recommends, the musician taps into the more feral feelings that come with playing competitive card games with friends, the idea of being monstrously hungry on Survivor, and recovering from watching David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Esurient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esurient. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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