as in addict
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 user
The government could not adduce any actual harm to the United States or its voluntary users from TikTok operations, notwithstanding its vulnerability to Chinese government influence.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Tinder, for example, uses AI to help users select their best profile photos.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Tens of thousands of social media users mocked the death of the health insurance CEO and showed little sympathy after the killing.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Match Group — whose portfolio includes Tinder, Hinge and Match — has seen a decline in total paying users over the past year.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Tinder, for example, uses AI to help users select their best profile photos.
—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Tens of thousands of social media users mocked the death of the health insurance CEO and showed little sympathy after the killing.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Match Group — whose portfolio includes Tinder, Hinge and Match — has seen a decline in total paying users over the past year.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for user
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At first, everyone’s feeling a bit Grinchy because Ginny won’t serve Christmas Eve dinner until the sweetheart of the family, the recovering heroin addict Johnny (Christopher Sears), arrives with his friend and fellow N.A. member Loren (Barbie Ferreira).Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The left always chooses career violent criminals and/or drug addicts as their heroes & martyrs, and communists anarchist like AOC blow the dog whistle.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.Vulture, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2022
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2023
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/user. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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