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causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs
cocaine is highly addicting
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Recent Examples of addicting
The phones can be so addicting not just for our kids, but for us too.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 25 May 2025
Penn Badgley's Joe Goldberg will no longer haunt our TV screens with his salacious — yet addicting — crimes as his reign as everyone's favorite serial killer (ew?) is officially coming to an end in season 5.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
This show is like Grey’s Anatomy meets Bravo’s Below Deck: ridiculous, dramatic, and totally addicting.
—Annabel Gutterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
TikTok is not so unique, or so uniquely potent; an Americanized TikTok will still be just as addicting and just as manipulative in service to its new corporate stakeholders.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 25 May 2025
Penn Badgley's Joe Goldberg will no longer haunt our TV screens with his salacious — yet addicting — crimes as his reign as everyone's favorite serial killer (ew?) is officially coming to an end in season 5.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
This show is like Grey’s Anatomy meets Bravo’s Below Deck: ridiculous, dramatic, and totally addicting.
—Annabel Gutterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
TikTok is not so unique, or so uniquely potent; an Americanized TikTok will still be just as addicting and just as manipulative in service to its new corporate stakeholders.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for addicting
addictive
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Climbing has always attracted a loyal base of diehards, thanks to the sport’s addictive combination of brain-teasing puzzles, playful agility, and, not least of all, its adrenaline-pumping element of danger.—
Kelli María Korducki,
HubSpot,
17 Oct. 2025
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Over the years, street drugs have evolved to become more addictive with the growing fentanyl crisis.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Addicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addicting. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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