addict
Example Sentences
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The civil trial in California state court focuses on allegations that a 20-year-old woman, identified as Kaley G.M., suffered severe mental harm because she became addicted to social media as a child.
From Barron's
"We really look for people who are just addicted, who love what they're doing", he emphasises.
From BBC
The trial focuses on allegations that a 20-year-old woman identified by the initials K.G.M. suffered severe mental harm because she became addicted to social media as a child.
From Barron's
I was addicted to reading the food scenes—the Christmas feast that the March girls bring to the Hummels, the illicit pickled limes Amy sucks on at school.
It should instead focus on what platforms do control: personalized, recommendation-based algorithms deliberately designed in ways that addict, isolate and harm users.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
