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enculturate

verb

Definition of enculturate

as in to acculturate

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Anne’s mother, Edith, continued to speak German, and, by all accounts, struggled to acculturate to her new environment.

— Time, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
The art world is acculturated to the notion that biennials should highlight new narratives but seems to presume that those artists must also be living and relatively young.

— Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024

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Both lures are intended to attract bears while not providing them with actual food that can habituate them to humans.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

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Time and again, the female characters, conditioned to be thrown into brutal competition with one another, find relief in solidarity.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
But restricting outfield positioning could fundamentally change baseball by dramatically increasing offense success rates on the type of quality contact teams, players, and fans, have been conditioned to value over years of watching the sport.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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In an industry accustomed to examining every step between sourcing and final delivery for waste, delay and unnecessary cost, the hydrogen supply chain deserves the same scrutiny.

— Josh McMorrow, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
For an American audience accustomed to massive three-row crossovers and premium haulers, the E-Space dumps the faux-off-road aesthetic of modern SUVs.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of accustom

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For example, Social Security's citizenship data often isn't updated when people naturalize, and the SAVE data system, operated by USCIS, frequently doesn't include records for people who became citizens as minors when their parents naturalized.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
The plants are also known for their ability to multiply and naturalize.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026

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