venal
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Frank Capra, the multiple Academy Award winner whose everyman heroes symbolized the American spirit triumphing over mercenary or venal big business and big government, died Tuesday at his desert retirement home.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 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
Santos incarnates its venal and ridiculous side, the part rooted in reality TV and get-rich-quick schemes.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
“But pride, venal pride, got the better of you. And to think, all this time we could’ve been working together toward a common good!”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing venal
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