as in greed
an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions
she possesses the unmistakable mercenariness of a confirmed gold digger
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greed
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While less-friendly fellow robots don’t feel pity, remorse, or fear, buying agents don’t feel greed, FOMO, or brand loyalty.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025 -
Homemade signs showed the breadth of issues that drew the demonstrators together: corporate greed, immigration, women and LGBTQ+ rights and more.—
Ken Palmer,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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“Mercenariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercenariness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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