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as in users
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
a derelict building that's now a shooting gallery for heroin hypes
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as in needles
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
scattered inside the abandoned building were hypes and other signs of drug use
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as in increases
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the TV writers tried to hype interest in the fading soap opera with flashy new plotlines
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as in promotes
to provide publicity for
the auto company has been hyping its forthcoming line of hybrids for almost a year now
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Recent Examples of hypes
Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
In an Instagram video posted Monday by NBC, the Grammy winner hypes American women figure skaters competing at the games in Italy.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypes
Noun
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Google’s latest lawsuit pushes the company to do more, such as warning users about the risks of having long emotional conversations with its chatbot.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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On New Year’s Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms of Claude Code agents simultaneously, assembling software at blistering speed.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some feature blue-green or silver-tinged foliage, others lustrous golden needles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Med spa workers perform procedures with chemicals, needles and devices that carry risk for injury.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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He was then charged with violating the 1968 federal gun law that bars drug users and addicts from possessing firearms.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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The company sells 35 billion devices a year ranging from hypodermic needles to advanced monitoring platforms.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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In fact, the mosquito proboscis has even been put to use before, as the inspiration for pain-free hypodermic needles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Political junkies, feel free to scroll through all 482 races.—
From Staff Reports,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Its Game 2 dominance still resonates with basketball junkies near and far, as the Rudy Gobert-less Wolves held the Nuggets to just 80 points on 35% shooting on a night where defense became cool again.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Hypes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypes. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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