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as in addictions
a physiological need for certain drugs
I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off
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as in devils
an appealingly mischievous person
come back here, you little monkey!
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Recent Examples of monkeys
Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Casati Stampa di Soncino inhabited Peggy Guggenheim’s former home Palazzo Venier dei Leoni and infused Venice with 1920s glamour, wild parties with big band music and monkeys and filled it with famous guests like her lover, poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and visual artist Man Ray.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Columns of fire shoot into the air with the arrival of the Wizard, and electronic flying monkeys soar around the dome in another scene.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
In this Oz, the flying monkeys actually take flight.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Along the Campuhan Ridge Walk, golden light spills across rice paddies like stairways—while mischievous monkeys chatter in the Sacred Forest Sanctuary—swinging past gnarled banyan roots and ancient statues of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Bushmeat is meat from wild animals, including monkeys, bats, cane rats, giraffes, antelopes and porcupines and elephants.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Neuralink has also been accused of poor treatment of the monkeys it’s used to test its Link devices.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
The organization undertook its first high-profile advocacy effort the following year by exposing the cruel treatment of monkeys in a Maryland research lab.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The trip then took the monkeys to Dallas and finally to Nebraska with the help of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Wildlife Confiscations Network.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Casati Stampa di Soncino inhabited Peggy Guggenheim’s former home Palazzo Venier dei Leoni and infused Venice with 1920s glamour, wild parties with big band music and monkeys and filled it with famous guests like her lover, poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and visual artist Man Ray.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Columns of fire shoot into the air with the arrival of the Wizard, and electronic flying monkeys soar around the dome in another scene.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
In this Oz, the flying monkeys actually take flight.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Along the Campuhan Ridge Walk, golden light spills across rice paddies like stairways—while mischievous monkeys chatter in the Sacred Forest Sanctuary—swinging past gnarled banyan roots and ancient statues of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Bushmeat is meat from wild animals, including monkeys, bats, cane rats, giraffes, antelopes and porcupines and elephants.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Neuralink has also been accused of poor treatment of the monkeys it’s used to test its Link devices.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
The organization undertook its first high-profile advocacy effort the following year by exposing the cruel treatment of monkeys in a Maryland research lab.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeys
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This is because the habit of smoking cigarettes regularly is more common among people grappling with other addictions, but the study authors highlighted that interventions to quit smoking are usually missing at substance abuse disorder treatment facilities in the United States.—
Anuradha Varanasi,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Some had prior opioid addictions and turned to kratom after losing access to prescriptions.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Weapons seems to break such cycles, leaving no more devils hiding in basements or upstairs bedrooms playing with dolls or ribbons of hair.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As Office alumni branched out, copies begat copies.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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The former child actors have grown up since their go-kart derby days on-screen — some have even welcomed their own little rascals off-screen.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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For the social media stars — whose content parodies their real lives through comedic skits — the new baby will also present an opportunity for new kinds of videos.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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South Park’s Eric Cartman parodies Kirk in the episode by asking a college student a question, referencing Kirk’s viral debates on college campuses.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Monkeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeys. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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