as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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Recent Examples of habituate
This habituated the regime to the give-and-take politics of winning support.
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Sean Yom, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016
The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.
—Matt Abrahams, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
People were habituated to constant surveillance and capricious punishments.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sean Yom, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016
The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.
—Matt Abrahams, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
People were habituated to constant surveillance and capricious punishments.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituate
Verb
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Casual downloads from a wide array of websites haunts parents the world over.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The tragic consequences ultimately haunted Einstein for the rest of his life.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2025
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The work, which dominates a route frequented by commuters, seems designed to be viewed consistently by the same people across seasons and years.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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But religious women from local orders have frequented Sox games for decades.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
Verb
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He’s visited Boise State before, attending last year’s Mountain West football championship.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
25 June 2025
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Chip and Joanna Gaines take a break from filming their new show, Back to the Frontier, to visit Universal Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 22.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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