avaricious
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His avaricious acquisitions of western lands is well known and not incidental to his desire to break from Great Britain, which had tried to limit western migration.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
Liverpool are not the only club casting an avaricious eye over the man who is currently one of the hottest managerial properties.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
The set-up: Elvis Presley is on his way to becoming the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, going on a seemingly endless music tour while being shepherded by the avaricious Col.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023
Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: There aren’t enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the narrator of Andrew Lipstein’s “Last Resort.”
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022
Colonel Cathcart brightened instantly at the thought and began rubbing his hands with avaricious zest.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing avaricious
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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