as in drunkenness
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
a treatment center for those suffering from alcoholism
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Recent Examples of alcoholism
After being appointed a guardian when her alcoholism came to a head in the early 2000s, Joan lived a quiet life in Boston and stayed relatively out of the public eye.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Kennedy was also known for publicly acknowledging her struggles with alcoholism and depression, something that few prominent women in America did at the time.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Other factors also contributed to Adair’s death, including hypertensive cardiovascular disease and hepatic cirrhosis due to chronic alcoholism.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite initial denials from the company, which blamed the illness on alcoholism or other worker behaviors, investigation revealed that the cause was lead poisoning.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Kennedy was also known for publicly acknowledging her struggles with alcoholism and depression, something that few prominent women in America did at the time.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Other factors also contributed to Adair’s death, including hypertensive cardiovascular disease and hepatic cirrhosis due to chronic alcoholism.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite initial denials from the company, which blamed the illness on alcoholism or other worker behaviors, investigation revealed that the cause was lead poisoning.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholism
drunkenness
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Begging or drunkenness could mean a week to a couple of months on a chain gang, grading and paving roads, fixing bridges, hauling debris, and otherwise helping to construct the fast-growing city.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Not even a day after Bethea’s denial of his confession due to drunkenness, a white jail guard said that Bethea had confessed privately to him.—
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16 Oct. 2025
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