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
Windows 10 users can get ESU through one of three available options.
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PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
YouTube, for example, introduced a system in August that uses artificial intelligence to estimate a user’s age and turn on age-specific protections if necessary.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Gemini Arrives on Google TV Courtesy of Google Google has announced that its Gemini AI assistant is coming to a number of Google TV devices, elevating the depth of onscreen search functionality for all users.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 27 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
YouTube, for example, introduced a system in August that uses artificial intelligence to estimate a user’s age and turn on age-specific protections if necessary.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Gemini Arrives on Google TV Courtesy of Google Google has announced that its Gemini AI assistant is coming to a number of Google TV devices, elevating the depth of onscreen search functionality for all users.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for user
Noun
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Vince is the screwup, a mostly-former drug and gambling addict, while Jake is a successful restaurateur, running the eponymous club/restaurant Black Rabbit in Manhattan.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Austin Abrams, who stole scenes as an unhoused drug addict in Cregger’s hit Weapons this past summer, is leading the feature, which is veering away from the previous adaptations and is meant to be a love letter to the original Capcom video games while using brand new characters.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Both ex-girlfriends of Combs accepted gifts, rent payments and luxurious vacations from Combs over their years with him and at times, participated in the planning of freak-offs.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Casas rose through his development as a prospect with immense praise for his eye at the dish and showed flashes of that, though the majority of his first few big-league seasons fell victim to freak injuries.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, Black-eyed Susans ()—including Goldsturm—develop rich seed heads that support birds such as juncos, sparrows and towhees.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/user. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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