addiction
Example Sentences
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Our innate curiosity, our instinct for gossip and our addiction to messy drama drive us to spend way more time consuming internet nonsense than we should.
At University College London, neuroscientist Dr Ravi Das has been trying to understand why some habits harden into addictions while others fade away.
From BBC
“I suspect most of these tech workers aren’t users, so it could be causing addiction in a population that’s not currently using it.”
For people with compulsive disorders, addictions, or anxiety, these learned associations can become overly powerful.
From Science Daily
The ruling came as governments increasingly grapple with regulating children's online activity amid growing concerns about social media addiction and exposure to inappropriate content.
From Barron's
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