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as in hooked
having a compulsive need for a harmful substance or activity
The organization provides resources for drug addicted individuals. Having lost nearly all of his savings, he finally realized he was addicted to gambling.
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as in accustomed
having a great interest or need to do or have something
I'm completely addicted to this new word game.
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Recent Examples of addicted
Purdue's is the only major one that also provides direct money for victims -- potentially more than $850 million total in pools for people who became addicted, their families and babies born in withdrawal.
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
State of play: The nonprofit's leader sees shifts in the way people become addicted.
—Andrew King, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The plan will provide around $850 million for individuals harmed by the opioid crisis, including people who were prescribed OxyContin and became addicted, and babies who were born with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioid drugs in the womb.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Both were heavy drinkers and addicted to Adderall and meth.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
State of play: The nonprofit's leader sees shifts in the way people become addicted.
—Andrew King, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The plan will provide around $850 million for individuals harmed by the opioid crisis, including people who were prescribed OxyContin and became addicted, and babies who were born with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioid drugs in the womb.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Both were heavy drinkers and addicted to Adderall and meth.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for addicted
Adjective
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The signs were ominous on the opening hole as Dunlap began his round with a hooked drive into the gallery on his way to a bogey.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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The hooked wool design features a playful bunny jumping amidst greenery and bloom.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Having become accustomed to community support, asking for aid with a new baby didn’t scare me.—
Jessica Slice,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
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While many in Gaza had begun to become accustomed to some level of normalcy during the six-week ceasefire from Jan. 19 to March 18, that reality has quickly been replaced by the resumption of nightly bombings and the lack of humanitarian aid entering the strip for more than five weeks.—
Kerem Inal,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, the Kremlin rejected a U.S. proposal — to which Ukraine agreed last month — for a full 30-day ceasefire, and made its consent to a partial truce in the Black Sea dependent on sanctions relief.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
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Cousins and Turrentine were business partners who bought and sold used cars.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs may not directly impact the used smartphone market much since all of these devices are available in the US.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Addicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addicted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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