as in addict
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
a person who started out as a user and is now a drug dealer as well
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Recent Examples of user
Following Apple’s succession announcement in April, social media users were quick to seize on the irony.
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Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
Instacart grocery delivery Instacart is the ideal choice for new users to save immediately, offering free delivery on your first three orders from local stores.
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Rachel Cortez,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
At the same time, car manufacturers have little incentive to prioritize vulnerable road user safety tech if there are not enough connected bikes on the road to talk to.
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Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 July 2026
Because tomatoes are in the same plant family as tobacco (nightshades), tobacco users and smoke can transmit a mosaic virus to their tomato plants by touching them.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
4 July 2026
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Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
Instacart grocery delivery Instacart is the ideal choice for new users to save immediately, offering free delivery on your first three orders from local stores.
—
Rachel Cortez,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
At the same time, car manufacturers have little incentive to prioritize vulnerable road user safety tech if there are not enough connected bikes on the road to talk to.
—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 July 2026
Because tomatoes are in the same plant family as tobacco (nightshades), tobacco users and smoke can transmit a mosaic virus to their tomato plants by touching them.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
4 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for user
addict
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His job was to collect money owed to that gang, and, after kicking down the doors of dealers and addicts, he got caught and sent upstate.
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Lavers programs everything on a DAW like a beatmaker, or a Tetris addict, subordinating and texturizing all these offerings in the slippery swell of drums, samples, and vocals.
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/user. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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