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causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs
cocaine is highly addicting
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But its most enduring focus was using the 18th century medical model of intoxication as a disease to convince Americans that alcohol was an addicting poison, not an innocuous part of everyday life.
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Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2024
Sucrose is the type of sugar labeled as bad or addicting.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
There are also various other factions around town, whose sale of Drops — the drug of choice in Gotham — as well as the promise of a new, more addicting drug, spell trouble.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2024
Sucrose is the type of sugar labeled as bad or addicting.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
There are also various other factions around town, whose sale of Drops — the drug of choice in Gotham — as well as the promise of a new, more addicting drug, spell trouble.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Addicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addicting. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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