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craved

  • past participle of crave.
  • past tense form of crave.

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These chips are the same ones craved by artificial-intelligence companies, which use them to help train and run large language models, coding agents and other tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Trump was born in Queens, attended Knicks games for years and has long craved the validation of New York crowds.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Lois Roberts and Aron Llwyd, both 29, grew up in Cardiff but craved a "different challenge" after becoming disillusioned with city life.

From BBC May 21, 2026

“Everybody Loves the Sunshine” thrived through dark times when it was new, and it thrived in recent years during the pandemic, a time when people not only loved the sunshine, they craved it.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Well, the first two bellies were simple, all I craved were certain foods, but this belly had me worrying all the time about my sister Minerva.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez