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
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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.
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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
But younger viewers should eat it all up, and those weaned on the original film will appreciate the numerous shout-outs, including supporting turns by Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original, and Jason Scott Lee, who voiced Nani’s surfer friend David (here played by Kaipo Dudoit).
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 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
But that serendipitous cinematic education taught more than one generation of film lovers (and future filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, who was all but weaned on late night movies) about film history, the classics as well as the stinkers.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
She has been weaned on the John Hughes oeuvre and the Karate Kid canon.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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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
But younger viewers should eat it all up, and those weaned on the original film will appreciate the numerous shout-outs, including supporting turns by Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original, and Jason Scott Lee, who voiced Nani’s surfer friend David (here played by Kaipo Dudoit).
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 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
But that serendipitous cinematic education taught more than one generation of film lovers (and future filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, who was all but weaned on late night movies) about film history, the classics as well as the stinkers.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
She has been weaned on the John Hughes oeuvre and the Karate Kid canon.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Wean on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wean%20on. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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