1
as in eager
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
stared at the array of jewels with an avid glint in his eye
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2
as in enthusiastic
showing urgent desire or interest
an avid baseball card collector
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Recent Examples of avid
Should the language eventually become law, however, the shift could negatively impact many of the industry’s most avid customers.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 July 2025
Appropriately, Hodges is also an avid duck hunter and won a world championship duck calling contest in 2009.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Charles Hudson, managing partner and founder of early-stage venture capital firm Precursor Ventures is both an investor and an avid user of Limitless.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 July 2025
Appropriately, Hodges is also an avid duck hunter and won a world championship duck calling contest in 2009.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Charles Hudson, managing partner and founder of early-stage venture capital firm Precursor Ventures is both an investor and an avid user of Limitless.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avid
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As growth in the region has pushed west and commercial development has accelerated beyond Boise, Idaho’s second-largest city has added jobs, boosted wages and caught the eye of employers eager to set up shop in a central location and cut their workers’ commute times.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Applications for the program will open later this year and the government is optimistic about strong interest from those eager to capitalize on this opportunity.—
Panorama Media Ltd,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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The fans who showed up at the Intuit Dome were enthusiastic enough, especially when the in-game host fired them up, but the matchups between geographic neighbors Palm Beach and Miami, and L.A. and San Diego, don’t exactly scream rivalry.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
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Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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But the vast majority are cynical and greedy and scared of losing their jobs.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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A far cry from the mild-mannered Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, Tully is an abusive, hot-headed, and greedy slime ball who leverages post-war desperation into a thriving criminal business.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The actress, 32, spoke with PEOPLE on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Smurfs and shared that her kids — son Kingston, 4, and daughter Jackson, 2 — are going to be very excited to see their mom on the big screen.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Not everyone will be excited to see the president back in town, however.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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The new film — directed by Gareth Edwards — stars Scarlett Johansson as mercenary Zora Bennett and Jonathan Bailey as paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis as Bennett leads a dangerous expedition to secure the genetic material of the world's three largest dinosaurs.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Detractors might argue that lo-fi beats was always mercenary music engineered and optimized to hook sad bois with no taste, and good riddance.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Some of the president's most ardent supporters were in uproar.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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The audience is on board before the show even starts This show attracts ardent followers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
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The comedy-drama follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home seeking viral material, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost while dealing with avaricious relatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.—
Christine Winter,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Shi is particularly keen to dive deeply into conversation with Benioff on precisely these points.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Motherwell finished third in the Scottish Premier League that season, behind Celtic and Rangers, and while McGhee was keen not to lean too much on a ‘do it for Phil’ message, that clearly hung over the squad for the whole season.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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“Avid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avid. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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