addicted
Example Sentences
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Other than produce, and some specialty items, Mathew says he buys nearly everything from Amazon, to the point he is worried that he is becoming addicted to the convenience and possibly harming local businesses.
He said there is a difference between a clinical addiction to social media and what people refer to in the modern day as being “addicted” to say a TV show.
Migrant worker groups say the government has become "addicted" to the money to keep the economy going.
From Barron's
"I'm sure I said that I've been addicted to a Netflix show when I binged it really late one night, but I don't think it's the same thing as clinical addiction," he added.
From Barron's
In opening statements, one of the lawyers representing the California woman who alleges she became addicted to YouTube and Instagram as a child said the products were designed to be addictive.
From Los Angeles Times
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