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addict

noun as in someone dependent on a substance

noun as in devoted fan

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With all of that, we need to make sure we’re not addicting people into the app.

He included me in a show, along with some child actors who’d gone on to become drug addicts, called “People Who Succeed Too Early in Life.”

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Ghina was "the best of daughters" her mother says, "so smart, so good at school, addicted to studying, with so many plans."

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“I’m addicted to drugs. We all are! If you don’t have an eating disorder, get one, b***h.”

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I became addicted to its input on the smallest decisions, like which kind of green vegetables to put in my pasta the night before a long run.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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