as in dependance
a physiological need for certain drugs
an addiction to heroin
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Recent Examples of addiction
It was recorded between the releases of his 2013 album Watching Movies With the Sound Off and 2014 mixtape Faces, both of which were noteworthy at the time as the rapper went a more mature direction with honest explorations of issues like drug addiction and mental illness.
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Chris Malone Mendez, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Williams had also been open with her TV audience in the past about her struggles with addiction and Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The principal culprit: opioid addiction and overdose.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Nicholas Meyer’s novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which imagined Sigmund Freud treating Holmes for his addiction to cocaine.
—Alec Nevala-Lee, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Chris Malone Mendez, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Williams had also been open with her TV audience in the past about her struggles with addiction and Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The principal culprit: opioid addiction and overdose.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Nicholas Meyer’s novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which imagined Sigmund Freud treating Holmes for his addiction to cocaine.
—Alec Nevala-Lee, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for addiction
Noun
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Since then, Minsk’s dependence on Moscow has only deepened.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The American First Trade Policy aims to limit the country’s international dependence by promoting investment and productivity within the U.S. borders.—
Stuart Dyos,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Instead, several scenes are given over to her wacky habit of posting too much info on Facebook.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Research has shown that a person's dietary habits are closely linked to the composition of their gut microbiome.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Summer heat tolerance was impressive with the 2-inch flower heads also standing up to rain and cold.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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Improvements in glucose tolerance with Bikram Yoga in older obese adults: a pilot study National Library of Medicine.—
Sean Mowbray,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Addiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addiction. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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