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
However, senior administration officials became worried that users might be able to circumvent Fable 5’s guardrails — though experts disagreed over the severity of the risk.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
The utility attributed the higher costs to broader market dynamics, including more expensive wholesale electricity and growing demand from large users such as manufacturers and data centers across PJM’s 13-state grid.
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Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic also want to build the pipes — to own consumer-facing apps and developer-facing APIs that deliver that content to users.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 June 2026
The intimacy, financial pressure and manipulative language in romance scams, for example, may be hard to distinguish from genuine users seeking help with a divorce.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
His app, free where rivals charge, is built to steer users toward domestic suppliers.
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Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The benefits extend from transit riders to all other road users, too.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
Library leaders expect the new card release to generate another surge in visitors while also introducing new users to library services.
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Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
The utility attributed the higher costs to broader market dynamics, including more expensive wholesale electricity and growing demand from large users such as manufacturers and data centers across PJM’s 13-state grid.
—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic also want to build the pipes — to own consumer-facing apps and developer-facing APIs that deliver that content to users.
—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
30 June 2026
The intimacy, financial pressure and manipulative language in romance scams, for example, may be hard to distinguish from genuine users seeking help with a divorce.
—
ABC News,
30 June 2026
His app, free where rivals charge, is built to steer users toward domestic suppliers.
—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The benefits extend from transit riders to all other road users, too.
—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
Library leaders expect the new card release to generate another surge in visitors while also introducing new users to library services.
—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for users
addicts
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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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Gorsuch said the opinion was narrow and did not disturb other provisions of the law, which includes a ban on guns for drug addicts, ban on guns for people presently intoxicated and prohibition of firearms for those deemed a danger to themselves or others.
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“Users.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/users. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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