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addiction

noun

ə-ˈdik-shən

Definition of addiction

as in dependence

a physiological need for certain drugs an addiction to heroin

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Recent Examples of addiction Located in Rimini, San Patrignano is the largest halfway house in Europe and has been offering people with drug addictions the tools to build a new life since 1978. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 These included providing addiction treatment in jail, training officers to respond to overdoses, and increasing public awareness of addiction resources. — Aneri Pattani — Kff Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 The penalty will be paid over 10 years, and will be earmarked by each state to help address mental health and social media addiction for kids and teens. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Meta Platforms and a consortium of states reached a $17 billion settlement on Wednesday in a child privacy and social media addiction case that's hung over Meta stock since 2023. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for addiction

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dependence

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working intensively to reduce their dependence on the strait, building pipelines and investing in storage facilities to transport their oil by other routes.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
The Pohang project is also part of a broader strategy to expand magnet manufacturing capacity while reducing dependence on China for critical rare earth magnet supply.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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