as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
a person who started out as a user and is now a drug dealer as well
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In the ruling, the three-judge panel found that national security risks outweighed the argument put forth by TikTok and ByteDance that the law violates the First Amendment rights of millions of the video app’s users.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
With 170 million users in the U.S., TikTok has been an increasingly influential platform in the U.S., and both presidential campaigns embraced the platform in the recent election, despite the efforts to restrict it.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
If that happens, Lake Mead could be unable to deliver all that the downstream users expect.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
By Billy Perrigo December 6, 2024 9:07 AM EST
OpenAI released its most advanced AI model yet, called o1, for paying users on Thursday.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
With 170 million users in the U.S., TikTok has been an increasingly influential platform in the U.S., and both presidential campaigns embraced the platform in the recent election, despite the efforts to restrict it.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
If that happens, Lake Mead could be unable to deliver all that the downstream users expect.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
By Billy Perrigo December 6, 2024 9:07 AM EST
OpenAI released its most advanced AI model yet, called o1, for paying users on Thursday.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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At first, everyone’s feeling a bit Grinchy because Ginny won’t serve Christmas Eve dinner until the sweetheart of the family, the recovering heroin addict Johnny (Christopher Sears), arrives with his friend and fellow N.A. member Loren (Barbie Ferreira).Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The left always chooses career violent criminals and/or drug addicts as their heroes & martyrs, and communists anarchist like AOC blow the dog whistle.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.Vulture, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2022
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2023
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/user. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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