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addicted

[uh-dik-tid] / əˈdɪk tɪd /


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I get why people get addicted to online trading.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Hall also points to the impact of the digital environment and people becoming "addicted by design" through algorithms.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

He got me addicted to coffee and to his amazing cooking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Before much cooking can occur, however, Gruel explains that many Americans are addicted to processed foods because those foods have been chemically engineered to be addictive.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Dimple could see, flush from the endorphins of a great performance, why actors and performers got addicted to this kind of thing.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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