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accustom

verb

ə-ˈkə-stəm

Definition of accustom

as in to introduce

to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life

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Recent Examples of accustom These companies have been accustomed to selling products that emerged from lab work 10 or 20 years before and are now trying to speed up the commercialization timelines to suit an era of more advanced robotics and AI. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2026 Hamner, who is thirty-three, is accustomed to places in crisis. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 McKenna accustomed to the spotlight McKenna is accustomed to the spotlight, splashing on the scene by combining for 79 goals and 244 points in 133 games with Medicine Hat in the WHL. — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 Lavar Scott is accustomed to reaching top speeds around a racetrack. — Devin Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for accustom

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As for interrupting the flow of play, Arena says the three-minute hydration breaks FIFA has introduced each half — ostensibly for player welfare, but in practice to give the TV networks additional commercial breaks — have been more disruptive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
As the match went on, realising that his team had the upper hand in possession, Solbakken introduced technical wingers from the bench in Oscar Bobb and Andreas Schjelderup to better dictate the flow of play.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of introduce

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On Sunday, June 28, Caio Rocha Aguiar Arrabal was on a hike with others on the Pedra do Macaco trail in Maricá, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, to familiarize himself with the route, G1 reported.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
This has fueled the ‘spend not sell’ movement, in which builders seek to familiarize users with earning and spending their bitcoin rather than trading and falling for get-rich-quick schemes.

— Abubakar Nur Khalil, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of familiarize

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According to the KitKat Playroom website, the streams help educate viewers about kitten care and can increase adoption rates.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 July 2026
SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.

— Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

Definition of educate

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Younger consumers may be especially experience-oriented, but older travelers are also thinking carefully about limited time, budget and meaning.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Most crucially, the authors said these filaments were oriented in certain directions more than others.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

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