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rapacious

[ruh-pey-shuhs] / rəˈpeɪ ʃəs /


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"The Moment" satirises the consequences of her hit 2024 album "brat", as rapacious record company executives and a film director played by Alexander Skarsgard seek to jump on the juggernaut.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

She softens the character’s steely edges, turning a proud and almost rapacious woman into a mere doting mom.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

Nowadays, they qualify as escapism confirming our assumptions about ridiculous, rapacious people, which is terribly fun.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

Mr. Abraham forges a solid path between an initial tender-if-cocky attitude and increasing anxiety and frustration at Jackie’s rapacious spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

They often collected in prodigious, not to say rapacious, quantities.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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