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junkie

[juhng-kee] / ˈdʒʌŋ ki /


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When Tayshia Adams, a TV host and self-professed skincare junkie, double cleanses in the shower, she uses a vitamin C-based exfoliating wash then a hydrating cleanser.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

But anyone who has followed the man’s career knows he’s a performance junkie.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

For example, agents can talk about the latest game to a sports fan and about current events to a news junkie.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2026

Now you can be a cord-cutter and a TV news junkie too.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

Kallman is a self-described music junkie with a personal collection of two hundred thousand records and CDs.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Soon the world’s media, true-crime junkies and more would descend on her courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2025

Many Criterion junkies have imagined what it would be like to hang out in that closet — to be enveloped in that cozy cocoon of great movies.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

"Democracy" is a word that may sound soaring to political junkies, but feels bureaucratic and frankly bloodless to many others.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2024

“The object of attention. Nicole. Gossip junkies love the chase. End that, you end the story.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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