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acculturating

verb

present participle of acculturate

as in habituating

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The wildlife team tends to the cubs while wearing bear suits to avoid habituating the cubs to humans.

— Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of habituating

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Grip strength, for example, is predictive of many different things, but it can be affected by arthritis, stroke or even simply not conditioning those muscles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
It’s infused with star ingredients like nourishing lemon peptides, conditioning vegetable ceramides, protective bamboo extract, and more to give you your healthiest do yet.

— Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

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Paramount’s affirmative case is that merging Paramount+ and HBO Max would create a streaming business with the scale to compete with Netflix, Disney and Amazon.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Kavanaugh-Jones previously worked as a film finance agent at CAA before launching Automatik and then merging with Range in 2023.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

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The result is five distinct collections that are perfect for inspiring you to create themed rooms, vignettes and more, as well as intermingling pieces from the collection with each other and your existing October setup.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The intermingling smells of sizzling hot dogs, urine and marijuana wafted through the open windows.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026

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Klein, for his part, hopes the results inspire future research combining keto with popular glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide, tirzepatide, and more.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
By combining multiple types of light into one image, NASA is able to reveal the complete picture of what this energetic galaxy is made of.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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