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a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
a comedy about aging stoners who are still trying to get their act together
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Recent Examples of stoner
Listening can feel like stumbling through a landscape that is both brutal and stunning, comprising raga drone and haunted violin screeches as well as beautifully woozy stoner rock and idyllic birdsong, all colliding into unexpected forms.
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David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
But Kelson has continued experimenting, finding a breakthrough that could lead to a potential cure when Samson becomes an unlikely stoner buddy.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
As Jay Jonah Atterbury, one of a handful of new characters on the fourth season of Industry, Kal Penn weaponizes and corrupts the stoner quirks viewers may recognize from his years playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar films.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Dispatches is essential to understanding a cluster of journalists who covered the war, notably the enigmatic hippies and stoners in the circle around whom photojournalists Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn were the centre of gravity.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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David Glickman, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
But Kelson has continued experimenting, finding a breakthrough that could lead to a potential cure when Samson becomes an unlikely stoner buddy.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
As Jay Jonah Atterbury, one of a handful of new characters on the fourth season of Industry, Kal Penn weaponizes and corrupts the stoner quirks viewers may recognize from his years playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar films.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Dispatches is essential to understanding a cluster of journalists who covered the war, notably the enigmatic hippies and stoners in the circle around whom photojournalists Tim Page, Dana Stone and Sean Flynn were the centre of gravity.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoner
Noun
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For example, the company said that users can instruct Manus to organize thousands of internal images on their hard drive.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Predictive markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, where users can bet on sports, politics, cultural events and more, have exploded in popularity in recent years.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scheiber’s main interest is the development of a radical political consciousness in a generation of phone addicts and Netflix junkies.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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The disease afflicted homosexuals, Haitians, haemophiliacs and heroin addicts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Stoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoner. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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