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avariciousness



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For the Greeks, that was just avariciousness, an activity that shrunk you down into a people-pleasing marketer or hollowed you out because you pursued hollow things.

From Seattle Times Aug. 1, 2017

It is anyone's guess whether ownership can survive the accessibility the Internet provides or the avariciousness of the music streaming services.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2015

Oh, yes," he admits, "we have a very mercenary segment that displays the avariciousness and lack of humanitarianism of the times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pirkheimer, writing after the artist's death, says that by her avariciousness and quarreling nature she brought him to the grave before his day.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

He was money-mad–his avariciousness had been already well displayed.

From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe




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