as in addicts
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 users
The exercise led, among other things, to the creation of an agent on Upwork’s platform, called Uma, which assists users with tasks from writing job descriptions to conducting interviews.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Easing installation hurdles While OpenClaw has surged in popularity recently, experts have previously pointed out limitations to the AI agent's mass adoption, including a complex installation process that's challenging for nontechnical users.
—Evelyn Cheng,dylan Butts, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Strikingly, this came at the expense of the time workers spent on highly focused, uninterrupted work, which fell by 9 percent for AI users, and stayed the same for AI abstainers.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Some restaurants are adding menus to court users of GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Zepbound, Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Several users offered practical frameworks for navigating this distinction.
—Ryan Brennan
march 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
For dating app users of any age, Bumble hasn’t been a first choice for a while.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Chuando Tan, the Singaporean model and fashion photographer, celebrated his 60th birthday on March 3, and social media users around the world are once again stunned by his remarkably youthful appearance.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Easing installation hurdles While OpenClaw has surged in popularity recently, experts have previously pointed out limitations to the AI agent's mass adoption, including a complex installation process that's challenging for nontechnical users.
—Evelyn Cheng,dylan Butts, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Strikingly, this came at the expense of the time workers spent on highly focused, uninterrupted work, which fell by 9 percent for AI users, and stayed the same for AI abstainers.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Mar. 2026
Some restaurants are adding menus to court users of GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Zepbound, Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Several users offered practical frameworks for navigating this distinction.
—Ryan Brennan
march 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
For dating app users of any age, Bumble hasn’t been a first choice for a while.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Chuando Tan, the Singaporean model and fashion photographer, celebrated his 60th birthday on March 3, and social media users around the world are once again stunned by his remarkably youthful appearance.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for users
addicts
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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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