avaricious
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Pre-IPO allocations have been devoured by wealthy investors, and post-IPO trading is expected to be truly avaricious.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
An avaricious, envious flirt on the undisguised lookout for something better, she is angry that John wouldn’t use slave labor to build their house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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
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
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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