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appetite

[ap-i-tahyt] / ˈæp ɪˌtaɪt /


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Treasury Wine Estates could consider quitting the U.S. after the Australian producer announced almost $395 million in fresh impairments in response to global consumers’ reduced appetite.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Changes to pension fund mandates and life-insurer trends have reduced their appetite for long-duration bonds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

But our local vet noted that this wasn’t the first they’d heard of this kind of thing—and that we should monitor our cats for any irregular behaviors, such as hiding or lack of appetite.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Their team focused on orexin neurons, which help control vital functions including sleep, appetite and energy expenditure.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

I was eating with better appetite than I had had in ages when I noticed that a fourth course had appeared, with unobtrusive magic, at my elbow: mushrooms.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

It will be a reminder of what food media can offer when it chooses to nourish more than our appetites.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Rollin’s business has helped treat people with eating disorders who’ve obtained GLP-1 medications to suppress their appetites, as well as those who were triggered into disordered eating while taking the drugs for approved conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"It was a conflicted time because I thought I'm not like those women so where do I go to find something that fits with what I feel about life and the appetites I have."

From BBC May 29, 2026

“The Beast in Me” “Recent trends suggest this race might come down to voters’ appetites for bleak British miniseries.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

There were some American things they developed appetites for that alarmed me, and things they ignored, which alarmed me even more.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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