Examples of habituate in a Sentence
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Or the ways in which both adult-content sites such as OnlyFans and chatbot platforms habituate users (primarily men) to intimate relationships that are entirely sycophantic and affirming.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Or the ways in which both adult-content sites such as OnlyFans and chatbot platforms habituate users (primarily men) to intimate relationships that are entirely sycophantic and affirming.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habituate. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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habituate
verb
ha·bit·u·ate
hə-ˈbich-ə-ˌwāt 
ha-
habituated; habituating
: to make used to something
habituation
noun
-ˌbich-ə-ˈwā-shən
Medical Definition
habituate
verb
ha·bit·u·ate
hə-ˈbich-ə-ˌwāt, ha-
habituated; habituating
: to cause habituation in
1
: to cause habituation
marijuana may be habituating
2
: to undergo habituation
habituate to a stimulus
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