How to Use acclimation in a Sentence
acclimation
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It’s been hard to call the top prospect’s acclimation to the big leagues smooth.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Georgescu says his own life is a case study for this acclimation.
—Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2020
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This acclimation can lead to faster times no matter if the weather is cool or hot.
—Greg Hosier, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2019
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The Rams are in the midst of a two-week acclimation phase of training camp.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2020
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That means the acclimation period is over and the full pads came out for the first time this fall.
—Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 7 Aug. 2019
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Even for the hottest place on Earth, there’s a threshold for heat acclimation.
—Paige Vega, Vox, 7 June 2024
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The hazing shown in the video took place in the school’s heat acclimation room, Hunter says.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
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What was that acclimation process getting back to running again?
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2023
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Take the high end of that timetable and add a week for conditioning/re-acclimation.
—Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 19 July 2019
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Driving with just one pedal does take some acclimation, but the learning curve seems low.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2017
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Think that was the result of acclimation to the role or did the line just do a superior job?
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
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But Smith has met all benchmarks in the team’s acclimation phases.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
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This could mean that three 90-minute yoga sessions a week aren’t enough to prompt heat acclimation.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Our guys have to stay in shape so the acclimation period is easier.
—Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2020
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The fact that Prime Day sales growth has slowed way down may be a reflection of that acclimation.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 15 July 2024
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Most items that come before it in committee advance to the full body by acclimation and don't require a roll call.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2023
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Bruce, who is also a mother of three, was the last one to join, doing her heat acclimation at her home in Flagstaff.
—Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
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The Vikings don’t want to rush Golday’s acclimation.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 22 May 2026
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But the coaching staff wants to put him through the pregame paces with the offensive line to continue his acclimation process.
—Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
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The original plan was for his team to leave on Wednesday and play the next day without much acclimation time.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
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But how lengthy an acclimation period would the 25-year-old Lock need?
—Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
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But Dole won the nation’s respect — and deserved it by acclimation.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021
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The first is acclimation due to the longtime, prominent role of Black people in sports.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
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To his credit, though, Snyder keeps running him out there for short stints to further his acclimation process.
—Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
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The first day is always about acclimation, setting a tone and a starting point to build on over the next 14 practices.
—oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2023
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Betts’ acclimation to the position was largely on the fly in the absence of spending time there at spring training.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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As part of the acclimation process, all cats spend several weeks in a large enclosure on the grounds of the site to establish a home base.
—Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
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Daniels hasn’t been derailed a step during his acclimation to the NFL.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Maybe there’s an argument to be made that Bosa could have used a few reps to get back to game speed, but that acclimation isn’t worth the injury risk.
—Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
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This year, the rookies’ on-field acclimation will get ramped up 10-fold, forced into a two-week period this month.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
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