cupidity
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The dribbling of classic works into the public domain every year on Jan. 1 may be gratifying, but it also serves to underscore the stupidity and cupidity of our convoluted copyright system.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
The commission explained that public health policies would “protect one set of human beings from being the victims of disease and death through the selfish cupidity of others.”
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020
Their cupidity quickly becomes an existential threat to all of the people and things that define the city, condemning them to a subterranean life at the bottom of the void.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2018
It is a tale of heroic cupidity on a scale that made the very best and the very brightest look like the very, very foolish.
From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2018
“O’Dell,” Quentin replied, in all sincerity, “I’m worried that your insatiable cupidity will ultimately prove to be something less than a virtue for our club.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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