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[av-id] / ˈæv ɪd /


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But when Lee shared her frustrations with her graduate school adviser, noted author and avid gardener Jamaica Kincaid, she got the encouragement she needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

You can’t figure out the impact of a Social Security reduction without first knowing where you are now — a step most people have not yet taken if they are not avid financial planners.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Prenga's previous three contests have all ended in first-round stoppages, but he has never faced anyone close to Joshua's calibre and remains largely unknown, even among boxing's most avid followers.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The growing ranks of the affluent fuel the area’s economy with avid consumption and fuller tax coffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He was an avid abolitionist, who helped Frederick Douglass escape from federal marshals in 1859.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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