acculturated

Definition of acculturatednext
past tense of acculturate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturated
Verb
  • Meal frequency While many dogs are accustomed to eating twice a day, others require smaller portions more frequently.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For soccer fans accustomed to Celsius, that’s 33 to 35 degrees.
    Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • His work positions the mind as something to be trained, conditioned, and strengthened—just like the body.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The entire carriage house, including the vehicle storage area, is heated and air conditioned.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Acculturated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturated. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.

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