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as in wasted
being under the influence of a recreational drug
the young actor, in his first comic role, plays a stoned slacker
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
his alcohol tolerance was low enough that one glass of champagne could get him stoned
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Recent Examples of stoned
Bryan West, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
That 2010 initiative went down to defeat, thanks in part to heavy opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and business groups worried about an uptick in stoned workers.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
The Staten Island Ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought may have seemed like a joke or a stoned purchase, but there's a business plan behind it.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 July 2023
This thought was like a stoned epiphany from college, except I hadn’t been stoned in more than a decade.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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In public, showed me off, then sank in stoned oblivion.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
That 2010 initiative went down to defeat, thanks in part to heavy opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and business groups worried about an uptick in stoned workers.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
The Staten Island Ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought may have seemed like a joke or a stoned purchase, but there's a business plan behind it.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 July 2023
This thought was like a stoned epiphany from college, except I hadn’t been stoned in more than a decade.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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So cell-to-pack allows the module building blocks to be left out of a battery pack, meaning less wasted volume.Mark Andrews, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
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The two circle one another for the film’s first half, surrounded by a levity-providing supporting cast of drunk expats living south of the border that features Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga and, in an early, raw love scene, singer Omar Apollo.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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The superintendent of a Long Island school district was arrested Sunday night and charged with driving drunk in a serious crash in Suffolk County.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Nov. 2024
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Some people might be getting to know Dustin Milligan thanks to his role as the ripped snowman in Hot Frosty, but Milligan has been a familiar face on TV for two decades.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 Nov. 2024
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For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rocky staggers in his corner like a drunken man trying to get back up on a barstool.Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
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Crowd surges and drunken behavior marred the February 2024 event.Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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But the Warehouse District opening that likely excited the city’s residents the most was the November 8 opening of Willie Mae’s NOLA, the relocated and renamed temple of fried chicken, following the fire two years ago that closed its original Tremé location Willie Mae’s Scotch House.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee, known for its fried chicken, plans to open its first Oregon location in Hillsboro early next year.Meira Gebel, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
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During a 2023 interview with IndieWire, Horgan explained that her show benefited from a weekly release strategy that gave fans time to become hooked and tell their friends about the show.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
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This recommendation engine learns users’ interests from their viewing habits and makes compelling, personalized recommendations that keep them hooked. 4.Sally Percy, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Somebody with impaired vision, conducting a fingertip search, might gather as much as—or more than—a viewer with perfect sight who merely looks.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Children, older adults, and people with impaired immune systems are at higher risk for health problems from breathing in toxins from mold exposure.Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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Howard crushed it, setting a high bar, but Doechii was ready to respond.Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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Another edition went for $5.7 million on a $6 million high estimate at Christie’s New York in 2009.Brian Boucher for ArtNews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Stoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoned. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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