as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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The United States is habituated to sanctions as a way to deal with challenges that don’t rise to the level of armed response but are too transgressive to ignore.
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Adham Sahloul, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
In a country without freedom or good health care, for example, people can habituate to what’s not good rather than struggling against it.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Still, with a couple of hours to kill, they were determined, or maybe just habituated, to make and post one of their signature short videos.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Given the park's popularity, the animals here are habituated, and even elusive species such as leopards are super-comfortable around vehicles.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2021
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Adham Sahloul, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
In a country without freedom or good health care, for example, people can habituate to what’s not good rather than struggling against it.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Still, with a couple of hours to kill, they were determined, or maybe just habituated, to make and post one of their signature short videos.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Given the park's popularity, the animals here are habituated, and even elusive species such as leopards are super-comfortable around vehicles.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2021
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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