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eager

[ee-ger] / ˈi gər /


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Perhaps the writer was eager for firsthand experience with betting apps and asked his editors to find a spiritual workaround.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

However, investors have been eager for results that prove quantum computers are useful for something other than lab-scale demonstrations.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Somewhere between Rue and Cassie on the desperation scale sits Elle Fanning’s Margo Millet, an eager community college student whose money troubles start when she falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

There are large pools of cash eager to back new AI companies, and the first mover will get first dibs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Perhaps that was why Wolf was eager rather than frightened.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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