as in alcoholism
the condition of being drunk
students who seem to think uninhibited inebriation is an essential part of the college experience
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Noun
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Arnold spoke frequently about his recovery from alcoholism as well as his faith.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026 -
Well, the girls invent time machines to travel to the past and question their realities, playfully dealing with such complex issues as gender differences, alcoholism, and religion.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Bella Hadid was reportedly pulled over by police in Texas just minutes before her cowboy beau Adan Banuelos was arrested for public intoxication early Saturday.—
Jami Ganz,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Joel Avalos, 31, faces charges of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in the fatal crash.—
Timia Cobb,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Pearl’s drunkenness provides the substrate for the novel’s magic, its icy transformation of the ordinary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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As Josh Barro argued two and a half years ago, a disquieting number of Kennedy men have injured or killed their romantic partners or themselves out of drunkenness and stupidity.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Inebriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inebriation. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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