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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenousness
Noun
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In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.—
Deborah R. Coen,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2014
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Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.—
Eric Trager,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Sep. 2014
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The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.—
Gennaro Tomma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt.—
Stephanie Armour,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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For a Healthy Gut Best time to drink: Morning Starting the day with bone broth can help jump-start your digestive system and protect the stomach lining.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
28 May 2025
Noun
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At the same time, molecules act on brain regions involved in appetite control, slowing stomach emptying and reducing hunger throughout the day.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
20 May 2025
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Nearly half a million Palestinians are facing possible starvation and 1 million others can barely get enough food, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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The body said that the same number of babies is facing severe malnutrition absent a significant and swift increase of aid into Gaza, with severe malnutrition posing the risk of death.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
22 May 2025
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Doctors reported malnutrition among children, and the United Nations recently warned that people across the enclave were at risk of famine.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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European leaders have been increasingly outspoken in condemning Israel's monthslong blockade of humanitarian food and medical aid entering Gaza — which international groups said put the entire population of the Palestinian territory at risk of starvation.—
May 22,
CBS News,
22 May 2025
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But behind closed doors, some military officials privately concluded that Palestinians there could face starvation within weeks.—
Iyad Abuheweila,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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