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 device takes photos to ensure a person is human, but then stores that info on the user's device, not in the Orb, according to World's website. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 2 May 2025 Open for just 24 hours, starting April 24, the project is meant to humanize the harms of social media use among young children and call for governments and private companies to act urgently to protect online spaces for young users. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025 After initially making the AI tool free for all users, OpenAI had to pause it for free users due to high demand. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 This raises questions about Google’s review process, as the badge suggests compliance with high standards for user experience, privacy and security. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for user
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Noun
  • Miku Martineau stars in the series as Yumeko, a transfer student to an elite global boarding school and a compulsive gambling addict with a mysterious past.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Smith said he was raised by his mom, a drug addict who abused him; his dad was in prison.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Any time America reports its economy is strong, Wall Street has a freak-out.
    Christine Romans, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 14 May. 2025.

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