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Recent Examples of habit-forming
The company sees the Refresher format as an opportunity to diversify its in-store offerings while giving guests more ways to engage with the brand in a format that feels flexible, approachable, and habit-forming.
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Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Launch a habit-forming brand tool, like a tracker or micro-app, that solves a real need and aligns with your mission.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
What Is Addiction Capitalism? Addiction capitalism refers to an economic model in which companies design technology products and digital platforms to be as habit-forming as possible.
—Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In their marketing, meanwhile, supplement companies consistently describe their melatonin products as drug-free, non-habit-forming, and safe.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Pregabalin also has the potential to be habit-forming, meaning people can become dependent on it and require help stopping the medication.
—Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
These non-habit-forming drinks contain safe, non-habit-forming ingredients.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Paya is a breezy wonderland where the habit-forming mussels taste like tikka masala and the scallop crudo pops with peaches, jalapeño and passionfruit.
—Andy Wang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Antidepressants can cause flu-like withdrawal symptoms, but the medications are not habit-forming, mental health experts say.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Launch a habit-forming brand tool, like a tracker or micro-app, that solves a real need and aligns with your mission.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
What Is Addiction Capitalism? Addiction capitalism refers to an economic model in which companies design technology products and digital platforms to be as habit-forming as possible.
—Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In their marketing, meanwhile, supplement companies consistently describe their melatonin products as drug-free, non-habit-forming, and safe.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Pregabalin also has the potential to be habit-forming, meaning people can become dependent on it and require help stopping the medication.
—Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
These non-habit-forming drinks contain safe, non-habit-forming ingredients.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Paya is a breezy wonderland where the habit-forming mussels taste like tikka masala and the scallop crudo pops with peaches, jalapeño and passionfruit.
—Andy Wang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Antidepressants can cause flu-like withdrawal symptoms, but the medications are not habit-forming, mental health experts say.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habit-forming
Adjective
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Stop Chasing Vanity Metrics, And Start Building Real ROI Metrics can be addictive.—
Chris Suchánek,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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For many enthusiasts, these innovations make the game more appealing and even addictive, enabling duffers on public courses to command drives and putts that golfers floundering on the sandy Scottish links more than 600 years ago could never imagine.—
Miles Corwin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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The phones can be so addicting not just for our kids, but for us too.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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“Habit-forming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habit-forming. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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