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Examples of user in a Sentence
a person who started out as a user and is now a drug dealer as well
Recent Examples of user from the Web
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Elemetric (Chicago), a platform that uses machine learning for better market research. Harbor (New York), a startup offering technology that aims to provide users with a stable retirement income.
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Xiaoice, an upbeat chatbot operated by Microsoft, now has more than 100m Chinese users.
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Today, Webber runs a nonprofit organization that gets drug users into treatment.
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But a year and a half later—with nearly $3 million and 820,000 users—and the FAA didn't find a single person that was worthy of prosecution.
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Weiner said 80 percent of heroin users reported misusing prescription opioids before moving to heroin.
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Unfortunately for Perry, as Twitter users were quick to point out, this is not how supply and demand works, not even a little bit.
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Within hours of posting my video, someone put my belief to the test: a user identifying herself only as Some Dumb American hacked apart my initial video in order to deride, criticize, and diminish its message — and, by extension, me.
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The devices have been a surprise hit for Amazon and users enjoy streaming music, setting kitchen timers and getting recipes by voice command.
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First Known Use of user
15th century
USER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of user for English Language Learners
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: a person or thing that uses something
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: a person who frequently uses illegal drugs
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