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Recent Examples of gung ho The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024 Formerly gung ho investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs, are moving into the retail banking sector, becoming ever so slightly more like a utility than a hedge fund. Gillian Tett, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019 This place has been a coaching graveyard, but Canales is gung ho about his new job anyway. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Feb. 2024 The government has often been gung ho in its health-education efforts: the U.S.D.A.’s nutritional guides and food pyramids, seventies Saturday-morning-cartoon P.S.A.s, Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023 Other researchers are less gung ho about such heady prospects. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023 There are merely people who are gung ho about it, and people who would prefer for various reasons to soft-pedal it. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 June 2023 Everybody’s just gung ho to do this. William E. Ketchum Iii, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023 Even financial firms, perhaps the most gung ho about return-to-office policies, have mostly caved, resigning themselves to a hybrid future that has, in many cases, stalled out at two-day-a-week callbacks. Curbed, 15 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gung ho
Adjective
  • Julianne being available and excited, wanting to come and play in the sandbox; James, similarly.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • So, when the opportunity to visit Tanzania arose, I was intrigued and excited to embark on this journey.
    Ronny Maye, Essence, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • After an avid cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run during his morning commute last year, police in New Mexico were at a loss for who could have committed the crime.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • As an avid past user of the brand’s ball, Foley now finds himself in a full-circle moment as Maxfli’s latest brand ambassador, joining Lexi Thompson (LPGA) and Ben Griffin (PGA Tour).
    Michael LoRé, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With rising incomes, a booming domestic travel sector and a government eager to improve the country’s tourism infrastructure, India is commanding unprecedented attention from the world’s most prominent hotel brands.
    Ronak D. Desai, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Trump is eager to avoid repeating some of the turnover that characterized his first term.
    Time, Time, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Lederman is enthusiastic about this business model, Frannexus isn’t in the business of convincing clients to buy franchises.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Grange leaders are enthusiastic about contributing to the Cruise Nights’ fundraising efforts for the Ramona Senior Center, Carlson said.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As the end of the sale nears, the company running things becomes more and more anxious to sell as much of the merchandise as possible.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But all around the country, the next generation of doctors has been spending the past few days anxious to learn what awaits them after finishing medical school.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Gung ho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gung%20ho. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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