avarice

Example Sentences

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Related to my point above, the destruction of the moral compass and avarice and cowardice in the Republican party has ushered in a new wave of candidates and politicians.

From Salon

Scrubjay and his partner, a journalist cat named Moose, become embroiled in a crisis dictated by a planetwide housing shortage caused by corporate avarice.

From Washington Post

“Covetousness and avarice” trump whatever wisdom we gain in our short lives.

From Los Angeles Times

It would, no doubt, make them wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.

From Seattle Times

"This is not so much a schedule of loss as a schedule of avarice," it stated in documents filed with the central London employment tribunal and seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

From Reuters