as in addictions
a physiological need for certain drugs
that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe
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Recent Examples of joneses
Six-figure workers reeling in half a million-dollar salaries are struggling to keep up with the joneses.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
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addictions
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Some scientists think that the medications may even help with behavioral addictions, such as gambling and compulsive shopping.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Every day, Dan obeyed his own addictions, killing pain with packs of cigarettes and Coors banquet beers.—
Andrew Callahan,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Joneses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joneses. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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