eagerness
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President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent their first day of bilateral talks on Thursday showing an eagerness to manage the economic rivalry between their countries.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
UPS’s eagerness to expand the business stands in contrast to its rollback of package delivery for some e-commerce companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The market timers’ eagerness to instead believe that the worst is over is more reminiscent of the “slope of hope” that markets slide down.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
His performance is pure puppy, from the way he silently studies Ray’s silent cues to the eagerness with which he leaps up to fetch Ray a beer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
It was as if even eagerness were muscle-bound in him too, and hunger itself inarticulate, not knowing it is hunger.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing eagerness
A Single Shard
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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Greed
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