acculturated

verb

past tense of acculturate
as in accustomed

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  1. accustomed
  2. conditioned
  3. habituated
Verb
  • Discussions about major leaguers playing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics baseball tournament are in the early stages, with players accustomed to top hotels seeking assurances of quality accommodations.
    — Mercury News, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Muse Spark is chasing what Anthropic and OpenAI are already doing for developers accustomed to agentic coding tools, and Muse Spark doesn’t show major improvements in coding over its competitors’ models, according to benchmarks.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of accustomed
Verb
  • Running ceiling fans counterclockwise to improve air circulation and help distribute conditioned air more evenly.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
  • But familiarity, and bodies conditioned over years to perform in it, represents a significant competitive advantage over visiting teams arriving from sea level.
    — Alan McCall, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of conditioned
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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.
    — 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
Definition of habituated
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