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as in wasted
being under the influence of a recreational drug
the young actor, in his first comic role, plays a stoned slacker
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
his alcohol tolerance was low enough that one glass of champagne could get him stoned
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Recent Examples of stoned
Bryan West, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
That 2010 initiative went down to defeat, thanks in part to heavy opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and business groups worried about an uptick in stoned workers.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
The Staten Island Ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought may have seemed like a joke or a stoned purchase, but there's a business plan behind it.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 July 2023
This thought was like a stoned epiphany from college, except I hadn’t been stoned in more than a decade.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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In public, showed me off, then sank in stoned oblivion.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
That 2010 initiative went down to defeat, thanks in part to heavy opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and business groups worried about an uptick in stoned workers.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
The Staten Island Ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought may have seemed like a joke or a stoned purchase, but there's a business plan behind it.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 July 2023
This thought was like a stoned epiphany from college, except I hadn’t been stoned in more than a decade.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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So cell-to-pack allows the module building blocks to be left out of a battery pack, meaning less wasted volume.Mark Andrews, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
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Both aim to improve handling, not that the MX-5 handled like a drunk camel in the first place.Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But despite anecdotal reports of non-human animals appearing drunk after consuming ripe fruit or sugary substances, there's been very little research into its actual prevalence in the broader kingdom of life.New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
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For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club.Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
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But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
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For some real fortitude, the nasi lemak is a mix of crispy chicken served with jasmine rice, a dollop of fried egg, and spicy sambal sauce—a breakfast of champions.Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
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Fried Chicken Sandwich With Chili Crisp Mayo The key elements in this sandwich are: soft sweet bun, mayonnaise mixed with something spicy, a flat boneless piece of fried chicken and some pickled vegetables.Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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During a 2023 interview with IndieWire, Horgan explained that her show benefited from a weekly release strategy that gave fans time to become hooked and tell their friends about the show.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
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This recommendation engine learns users’ interests from their viewing habits and makes compelling, personalized recommendations that keep them hooked. 4.Sally Percy, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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He was also required to make a public safety announcement about the dangers of impaired driving.Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Starting in 2018, for example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and collaborators showed how impaired lipid processing in specific cell types harboring APOE4 alters them in ways that could cause disease.ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
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The higher the rank, the richer in rational points the curve will be.Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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But after visiting this slice of high desert (and subsequently moving here), my appreciation and fondness for the Southwest’s geological diversity, and that of Sedona’s upper Sonoran Desert region has only deepened.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Stoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoned. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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