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voracious

[vaw-rey-shuhs, vuh-] / vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, və- /


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"I have noticed it loves fried rice a lot! The way he eats up my fried rice leftovers - very voracious," laughs Promise.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

As American refineries run flat out, U.S. inventories are still dropping because of voracious demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The tiny fish have a voracious appetite and work wonders as natural mosquito-control agents in abandoned swimming pools, small residential ponds, and other confined aquatic habitats.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Even as spending gets larger, Microsoft and its hyperscaler peers “broadly reiterated an inability to keep pace with demand despite the voracious buildout,” William Blair analyst Sebastien Naji said in a note.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The only human trace left by that voracious blast was a glove belonging to Patricia Brown in an automobile smothered in wild pansies.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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