Examples of acclimatize in a Sentence
The mountain climbers spent a few days acclimatizing themselves to the high altitude.
had lived through several northern winters before she fully acclimatized her wardrobe
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To protect them, they are stored at minus five degrees, and before a print can be examined, it must be acclimatized.
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Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Humans acclimatize through infrastructure and behavior as well.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So that is going to be interesting to see teenagers keeping a secret and trying to acclimatize and get better.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, new research led by the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) in Canada has found that sticking with cold water plunges for seven consecutive days allows cells to acclimatize and produces actual changes in cells’ protective functioning.
—New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
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Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Humans acclimatize through infrastructure and behavior as well.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So that is going to be interesting to see teenagers keeping a secret and trying to acclimatize and get better.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Now, new research led by the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) in Canada has found that sticking with cold water plunges for seven consecutive days allows cells to acclimatize and produces actual changes in cells’ protective functioning.
—New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Acclimatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acclimatize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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acclimatize
verb
ac·cli·ma·tize
variants
or British acclimatise
acclimatized or British acclimatised; acclimatizing or British acclimatising
: to adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
: to become acclimatized
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