acculturated

verb

past tense of acculturate
as in accustomed

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  1. accustomed
  2. conditioned
  3. habituated
Verb
  • Such a change would require aligning incentives with a substantially different economic goal from the one officials and institutions at all levels have been accustomed to pursuing over the last two decades.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But developers accustomed to CUDA may need to rewrite and optimize substantial portions of their existing code before moving their training workloads to Ascend.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of accustomed
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  • We are sort of conditioned to think of biology as the opposite of technology, a counterweight to the digital realm.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Most of them come from a place of concern; we’re conditioned to have empathy, and that extends to close family, parents, and especially kids.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of conditioned
Verb
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of habituated
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