wean on
phrasal verb
weaned on; weaning on; weans on
: to have (someone) see, use, or experience (something) often especially from a young age
—usually used as (be) weaned on
a generation of kids weaned on television
Examples of wean on in a Sentence
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And that need will only intensify as the people of Gen Z and Gen Alpha grow older and the world is suddenly contending with adults who were weaned on wifi.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
As a kid, Slebir was weaned on surf videos.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
While living just across the state line in eastern Oklahoma, Pittman was weaned on Razorback football during the fruitful years under Lou Holtz in the late 1970s, and he’s got plenty of family in the state.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
Here was the homemade scholar: weaned on parental choice, empowered by teacher choice, and finally liberated by choosing for himself the course of study that became his calling.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
While older radio listeners may want to revisit the glory days Friday, the hoopla may be lost on a younger generation weaned on Instagram, Spotify, streaming video and social media.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
His style has sent ripples through the tabletop community, dubbed ‘The Mercer Effect,’ saddling at-home DMs with the daunting task of living up to the expectations of players weaned on Critical Role storytelling.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
An entire modern artistic genre — documentary photography — was weaned on the growing social effort to rein in the abusive practice of forcing children to toil in sweatshops and on farms in the wake of the Gilded Age.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
For multiple generations of audiences weaned on the first film’s downstream successors, Higuchi’s follow-up may prove too straightforward or classy to elicit the same excitement.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
As a kid, Slebir was weaned on surf videos.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
While living just across the state line in eastern Oklahoma, Pittman was weaned on Razorback football during the fruitful years under Lou Holtz in the late 1970s, and he’s got plenty of family in the state.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
Here was the homemade scholar: weaned on parental choice, empowered by teacher choice, and finally liberated by choosing for himself the course of study that became his calling.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
While older radio listeners may want to revisit the glory days Friday, the hoopla may be lost on a younger generation weaned on Instagram, Spotify, streaming video and social media.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
His style has sent ripples through the tabletop community, dubbed ‘The Mercer Effect,’ saddling at-home DMs with the daunting task of living up to the expectations of players weaned on Critical Role storytelling.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
An entire modern artistic genre — documentary photography — was weaned on the growing social effort to rein in the abusive practice of forcing children to toil in sweatshops and on farms in the wake of the Gilded Age.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
For multiple generations of audiences weaned on the first film’s downstream successors, Higuchi’s follow-up may prove too straightforward or classy to elicit the same excitement.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Wean on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wean%20on. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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