as in avarice
an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions
don't let greed for riches control you
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Recent Examples of greed
Food prices have increased dramatically in the last four years, but not because of price gouging or corporate greed.
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Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2024
His engagement in this scheme was driven by pure greed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
The cost of living, driven in large part by corporate greed, is affecting families’ abilities to provide for their children.
—Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2024
Over time, the idealistic foundations of each of these sectors were overtaken by natural human greed.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2024
His engagement in this scheme was driven by pure greed.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
The cost of living, driven in large part by corporate greed, is affecting families’ abilities to provide for their children.
—Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2024
Over time, the idealistic foundations of each of these sectors were overtaken by natural human greed.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for greed
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People steal out of jealousy, avarice, low self-esteem and peer pressure, while others use it to demonstrate their power and independence.David Schiffer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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No one is immune from guilt given how ownership and politicians equally drank from the well of avarice.Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
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Pilgrimage, though couched in spiritual aims, often bordered on sheer cupidity.Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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To cupidity, and beyond!Kyle Smith, WSJ, 16 June 2022
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History shows us what can happen when the desire for political control meets the vulnerability of immigrant communities.Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The idea of bankruptcy and hunger brings on the night sweats.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Or maybe your thirst for wine knowledge rivals your thirst for wine.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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For all my thirst for ghost stories as a kid, the ghost-hunting fad that came later never really captured my imagination in the same way.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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Special Spirits In every casino, almost anything goes (within reason) to whet the appetites of major players, from craps table pizza deliveries to the presentation $55,000+ bottle of 2016 Screaming Eagle at dinner.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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But advocates remain nervous given the GOP’s appetite for other anti-LGBTQ+ policies, such as bills blocking gender-affirming care for transgender youth.Kate Sosin, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Greed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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