acculturated

past tense of acculturate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturated
Verb
  • Roads are congested, rural areas are increasingly under threat of development and Mansfield is losing the small-town feel to which so many longtimers were accustomed.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
  • Phoebe Gates, the youngest of Bill and Melinda French Gates’s three daughters, is accustomed to nice things.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Our team is extremely well conditioned.
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
  • We have been conditioned to believe that loving care requires the constant presence of highly palatable reward, rebranding the slow-motion collapse of metabolic health as a form of kindness.
    Joshua Moen, STAT, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
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“Acculturated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturated. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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