accustom
verb
ac·cus·tom
ə-ˈkə-stəm 
accustomed; accustoming; accustoms
: to make familiar with something through use or experience
Examples of accustom in a Sentence
the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life
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The Israeli military is accustomed to incredibly close cooperation with the US, which has been on full display repeatedly throughout the war.
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The Real Housewives‘ children weren’t the only cast members accustomed to the limelight, as Ava Dash, daughter to Damon Dash, also took part in the series.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
By the late nineteen-eighties, Soviet women were accustomed to coming home after a draining work day to run unmechanized households and hunt for vanishingly rare food and clothing for their children, who were primarily their responsibility.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Doncic is set to bring the Lakers back to glory, somewhere LA has been accustomed to being for most of their existence.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The Real Housewives‘ children weren’t the only cast members accustomed to the limelight, as Ava Dash, daughter to Damon Dash, also took part in the series.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
By the late nineteen-eighties, Soviet women were accustomed to coming home after a draining work day to run unmechanized households and hunt for vanishingly rare food and clothing for their children, who were primarily their responsibility.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Doncic is set to bring the Lakers back to glory, somewhere LA has been accustomed to being for most of their existence.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Accustom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accustom. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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accustom
verb
ac·cus·tom
ə-ˈkəs-təm
: to make familiar
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