ravenous appetite

noun phrase

: a great desire for food
After hiking all day, I had a ravenous appetite.

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The ravenous appetite for Nvidia’s chips is the main reason that the company’s stock price has increased so rapidly since early 2023. Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 What's mucking up the process is a telepathic outlier named The Mule (Pilou Asbæk), whose ravenous appetite for galactic dominance has created anomalies in Seldon's branching prognostications of how this whole ordeal will unfold. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Her husband mentioned that Jango had skipped breakfast, which was unusual given his normally ravenous appetite. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025 But for one young camper — with a ravenous appetite for reading and knowledge — this summer, the traditional camp menu of activities has been enhanced by a special supplement. Scott Talley, Freep.com, 28 July 2025 And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 The changing face of major college athletics is a snarling one with sharp teeth and a ravenous appetite. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 The volume-dependent strategy has also worked because of our ravenous appetite for pizza. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 28 Feb. 2025 The real explanation for the skyrocketing valuations, however, is less about the economics of any specific team and more about investors’ ravenous appetite to get into sports ownership. Brett Knight, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Ravenous appetite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ravenous%20appetite. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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