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
Athletic apparel brands, such as Nike, Adidas and Lululemon, may sell more clothing because their stretchier leggings and tops tend to be more adaptable to changing bodies and because weight loss may spark GLP-1 users to become more active than before.
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Prediction markets allow users to bet on a wide range of real world outcomes, including geopolitical developments with seismic implications.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc said Pages has become one of the team’s most regular users of the Trajekt machine – and Skenes is a frequent visitor.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
During orientation, new hires are lectured that Kino wants to protect users from harmful images; meanwhile, their boss, Josh (Jermaine Fowler), would cut out his own spleen on camera to keep people’s eyeballs on the app.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
This allows businesses to better understand how users respond to robotic interfaces and measure engagement across different scenarios.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s why Protect Wyoming is fundraising to educate hunters, anglers, and other outdoor users about why voting matters for public lands, and who to actually vote for.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
The world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket allows users to buy shares on the outcomes of future events – like betting – but with probabilities instead of odds.
—Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
MyShake is a free application developed by the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab that provides early earthquake warnings, safety tips, and interactive maps to users in California, Oregon, and Washington.
—Kat Filardi, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Melissa Repko, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Prediction markets allow users to bet on a wide range of real world outcomes, including geopolitical developments with seismic implications.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc said Pages has become one of the team’s most regular users of the Trajekt machine – and Skenes is a frequent visitor.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
During orientation, new hires are lectured that Kino wants to protect users from harmful images; meanwhile, their boss, Josh (Jermaine Fowler), would cut out his own spleen on camera to keep people’s eyeballs on the app.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
This allows businesses to better understand how users respond to robotic interfaces and measure engagement across different scenarios.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
That’s why Protect Wyoming is fundraising to educate hunters, anglers, and other outdoor users about why voting matters for public lands, and who to actually vote for.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
The world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket allows users to buy shares on the outcomes of future events – like betting – but with probabilities instead of odds.
—Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
MyShake is a free application developed by the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab that provides early earthquake warnings, safety tips, and interactive maps to users in California, Oregon, and Washington.
—Kat Filardi, USA Today, 2 Apr. 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,
9 Apr. 2026
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The funding is aimed at supporting a three-pronged plan put forward by a South End, Roxbury, and Newmarket community working group in February that focuses on getting addicts off the streets, out of jail, and into recovery to avoid the chaos and crowding that worsens there each summer.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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