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keener

/ ˈkiːnə /

noun

  1. informal,  a person, esp a student, who is keen, enthusiastic, or zealous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The children, whose nighttime vision was evidently far keener than her own, seemed to be busy arranging something at her feet.

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It's not hard to imagine which one the family of the time was keener to remember.

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The psychology of that political backdrop played out on our screens: the Labour leader appeared more nervous, the Conservative prime minister keener to scrap.

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From Trump’s vantage point, the risks are keener.

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That is music for the ultranationalists in his government, who are much keener to keep the West Bank and all of Jerusalem than make a deal with Saudi Arabia.

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