as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
he was gung ho about his accounting class
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The studio was really gung ho about the film—top movie star, top TV star.
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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
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
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Indeed, across social media on Wednesday, people were hoping — praying, even — that these ominous, panic-inducing spam messages might finally end, posting pictures of thoughtful politicians, or even excited Oprahs, to illustrate the point.David Mack, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Universal Studios is apparently just as eager as Back to the Future fans for a fourth film — but director Robert Zemeckis isn’t as excited about the possibility.Sara Belcher, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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His mother was an avid singer of spirituals, and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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In turn, avid viewers of The Apprentice were 28 percent more likely to support Trump, the study found.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The project is hosted by Zooniverse, a platform that connects researchers with volunteers who are eager to help.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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For those intrigued by this celestial event and eager to learn about more upcoming astronomical occurrences, check out our astronomical calendar.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elevated superhero fare like Watchmen received an enthusiastic welcome to the tune of 26 nominations and 11 wins including Outstanding Limited Series.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump seems equally enthusiastic about Musk’s space plans.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Tucson, Arizona, David McCumber, the executive editor of the Arizona Daily Star, who manages the paper’s op-eds and letters to the editor, said voters are extremely anxious.Brian Stelter, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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For most of its decade-plus run, the reality competition baking show has been a television balm for anxious viewers.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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