appetite

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Even with West Texas Intermediate crude back at the high-$60s/low-$70s in 2027, “management teams show little appetite to accelerate activity…They want to see both price and duration before acting.”

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Firms back more direct deals amid a fundraising slowdown and rising investor appetite for co-investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"Researchers used to think that lactate produced from tanycytes 'spoke' directly to neurons involved in appetite control," Araneda explained.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Peptide drugs, on the other hand, are manufactured to last longer in the body to create a therapeutic response, such as controlling appetite or promoting the growth of new blood vessels, bone density or muscle.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

He crumbled his hoecake into the collard juice in his plate and began to eat with a new appetite.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers