as in zeal
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Noun
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In its zeal to release unredacted secret documents from the government’s JFK assassination files, the Trump administration has made public the Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information of potentially hundreds of former congressional staffers and other people.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Real Salt Lake’s broadcasters, Spencer Warne and Jay Nolly, expressed surprise at the visitors’ zeal for pressing, especially late in the match.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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Gros has been following the raptor couple and how the birds’ fans react to them with such fervor.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Veteran morel mushroom hunters covet their secret spots with a possessive fervor equal to that of any bass fishermen or deer hunter.—
Matthew Every,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2025
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With all due respect to the great Patricia Arquette, the character wasn’t especially missed in her absence, as her villainy and zealotry have tended to be written in a more one-dimensional way than how Severance portrays those same broad ideas with Milchick.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some of the settlers are driven by fear, some by zealotry and others by the promises of limitless wealth, but in this moment, life is unquestionably solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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Collette looked incredibly joyful in her video, and confirmed her exuberance in the caption.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Investment Insight: Decoding AI and Generating Investment Ideas A Long-Term Perspective History shows that technological advancements often spark initial exuberance before settling into long-term economic drivers.—
John Buckingham,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will headline a Los Angeles fundraiser next week, in what looks to be a test of donor enthusiasm with Democrats out of power and with the region recovering from the devastating wildfires.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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Still, the market has soared in enthusiasm, with the company growing revenues for the past two years at an average of 25.9%, even when considering a massive drop in growth rates compared to pre-pandemic levels.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Zealousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealousness. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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