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desiring

ADJECTIVE
yearning
Synonyms


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Huckabee reportedly told embassy staff in an email there was "no need to panic, but for those desiring to leave, it's important to make plans to depart sooner rather than later".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

Talk about two old school dishes that are doable, theoretically, for home chefs desiring to replicate the former dining experience in their more modest castles.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

The motivations for septuagenarian entrepreneurs include desiring autonomy, pursuing meaningful projects and addressing societal needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

She had a predilection for painting women as modern, urban, desiring.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

That night she danced he was already a dead man, a living dead man who sucked life from the living, desiring and hating it even as he took it.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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