ravenousness

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Noun
  • Unlike the specialized literary magazine and its informal cousin, the literary blog, the general-interest newspaper has a kind of noble rapacity, an encyclopedic ambition to wrap its arms around the whole of the world.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Trump’s entire doctrine is naked rapacity, from Venezuela to hijacking the Kennedy Center to hideously remaking the White House in his own gaudy image.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.
    Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Obviously though, this voracity for Sonnys doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Salmonella infections are commonly associated with diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, according to the CDC.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
  • When ingested, the bacteria can release enzymes that neutralize stomach acids, then from there storm the intestines and can enter the blood.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That standard is based on the Five Freedoms of animal welfare developed by the Farm Animal Welfare Council, which include freedom from hunger and thirst; from discomfort; from pain, from injury or disease, from fear and distress; and freedom to express normal behavior.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After the Ground Zero event, the monarch, who prides himself on his environmental advocacy, will head uptown for a meeting in Harlem with a group that promotes urban farming programs for children and young people affected by hunger and food insecurity.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Crohn’s Disease affects the entire digestive system, and symptoms may include diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss, as well as malnutrition and mouth sores.
    Lindy Segal, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As a result, Germany's civilian population faced severe food shortages and widespread malnutrition in the latter years of the war.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Reports that dozens of people had died, including some of apparent starvation, made no difference.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Within the next few years, as famine spread throughout China and the Cultural Revolution began, her grandmother and three of her brothers died of starvation, tuberculosis, and drowning.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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