as in greedy
having a huge appetite
we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly
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Recent Examples of ravenous
The rise of artificial intelligence that’s now commonplace is fueling the ravenous power needs of data centers around the Carolinas and nationally.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
At the sector level, the investors are looking for AI proxies, notably among clean energy providers that can help meet the technology’s ravenous demand for power.
—Lauren Chomiuk, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
Matthieu Blazy, Chanel’s new artistic director, is receiving this sort of ravenous acclaim across the industry, from the celebrities who have worn his clothes like Stewart, Ayo Edebiri and Teyana Taylor, to the editors and influencers who swooned at his October debut show at Paris Fashion Week.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Among the latter is ravenous beaver Nibbles Maplestick (Fortune Feimster, hilarious), who turns out to be a key ally, and pompous new mayor Brian Winddancer (Patrick Warburton), a stallion who used to be an actor.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
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The song is a painfully cynical look at music fandom, the record industry, and how tragic deaths are exploited for cash by greedy executives.—
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Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.—
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There are a handful of of others, like dYdX, that offer crypto derivatives to risk-hungry traders who don’t want to venture onto centralized exchanges like Coinbase.—
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Unfortunately, hungry deer are quite capable of nipping off every growing tip on a young lilac and all the buds set last year, leaving you with no blooms in spring.—
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In addition to addressing data centers’ energy use, House Bill 1007 would also set rules surrounding their voracious appetites for land and water.—
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And romance just has such a voracious readership that romance readers read multiple books a week, a lot of us.—
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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