venal
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Network, from 1976, cast him as a venal television producer.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
MacKenzie Scott donated $700 million to more than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities, showing that not all tech billionaires are selfish and venal.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
“I think people would actually be surprised there’s more decisions made in Congress on what people believe is in the public interest than in venal self-interest,” he told me.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025
But, again, they are worth laughing at for their venal stupidity, empty reasoning, and sheer chutzpah in preaching the unbelievable to the unknowing and uncaring.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
There was something venal about his thin-lipped face; he had the air of a man to whom corruption was familiar.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing venal
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