venality
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More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
HBO’s “The Franchise” strives to work all the silliness and venality we’ve come to expect into an up-to-the-minute spoof of superhero IP-making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Landlords are opposed to this and other measures and not out of venality.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Silverio responds with a tirade about the venality and hypocrisy of a media that sacrifices integrity and decency on the altar of ratings and social media likes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
It seems that with you chicanery, blunders, and stupidity of a criticism perverted by ignorance, envy, and venality, exercise less influence than in the Old World.
From Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason
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