users

plural of user
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 In addition, the share of users with at least eight rose from 62% to 71% over the past year. — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 Jurors sided with prosecutors, finding Facebook made deceptive statements about protecting users’ data that affected New Mexico’s entire population of more than two million people. — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 To break the chains of infections stemming from contaminated needles, Soqo has proposed supplying thousands of sterile needles and syringes to communities of methamphetamine users. — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 For team projects, Visio supports real-time collaboration, with multiple users able to work on a diagram and track changes. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026 As of April, just over 8% of active DraftKings users in Massachusetts were using them, a company official told state regulators this summer. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026 The jury in that case found that YouTube and Meta designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Eve maintains its balance without crutches or a walker, leaving users’ hands free for everyday activities. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 Chewing the drug produces a euphoric effect because of a psychoactive ingredient called arecoline, and millions of people are still betel users today. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
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addicts
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  • The problem with just arresting addicts is there’s nowhere to take them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Users.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/users. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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