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as in user
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
an inspiring story about addicts who seek help and manage to kick their habit
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as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
science-fiction addicts who eagerly await each new installment in the series
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The future patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts and journalists was born in Poland on Jan. 8, 1894, as Raymund Kolbe, the second son of Julius Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska.
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
In August 2015, Chelsea went missing for one week before being found after one week at the house of 25-year-old alleged heroin addict Steven Sheerer.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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
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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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
In August 2015, Chelsea went missing for one week before being found after one week at the house of 25-year-old alleged heroin addict Steven Sheerer.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for addict
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What users do with their plans is not their concern.Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Tinder, for example, uses AI to help users select their best profile photos.Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Bob Dylan that the world fell in love with was a thinker, a joker, a fighter, and sometimes a lover.Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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Any dog lover will be thoroughly disarmed by this development, and by Kodi’s irresistible enactment of this arc.Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 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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What’s left is what fans of the original movie know as Pride Rock, the landing where the lion kings of the 1994 film address their subjects.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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And to finish the year here, with our fans, is very exciting.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The writer-director is more than a murder-mystery junkie.A.A. Dowd, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023
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Kingsbury is a football junkie who’s going to walk away with great on-the-job experience and reportedly about $30 million after getting sacked with several years left on his contract.Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
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Can’t spin me with the sucker sh*t to take Hov down.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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But soon a handful of ghost visitors — including Carol Kane and David Johansen — scare this sucker straight.EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Austria Holiday fiend Krampus may have already gained some notoriety in the U.S. thanks to pop-culture portrayals such as the eponymous 2015 cult holiday horror film, but the malevolent half-goat, half-man anti-Santa traces back to folklore from Austria’s Alpine region.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Before then, though, McDonald’s is offering a DIY solution for McRib fiends.Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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Amazon has so many after-Christmas deals happening right now for campers, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts.Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2024
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Whatever your nonfiction area of interest happens to be — serial killers, cult leaders, athletes, con men or exotic animal enthusiasts — there’s probably several dozen documentaries available for viewing a few button-clicks away.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Addict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addict. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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