as in to acculturate
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To us, acculturated to the darkened theater and the Hollywood spotlight, these techniques are familiar: too familiar.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 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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Just like black bears, coyotes can be habituated and lose their natural fear of people through intentional or unintentional feeding.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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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,
30 June 2025
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Even with flaws, emergency managers and the public are conditioned to understand or react to high numbers on scales.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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But with Dart in the NFL as a first-round draft pick by the New York Giants, Austin enters the 2025 season as the presumptive starter for Ole Miss — a hefty responsibility for the 19-year-old sophomore, though one he’s been uniquely conditioned for.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Others, in a region long accustomed to extreme weather, were kept up by heavy bursts of rain and earsplitting cracks of thunder that shook buildings.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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Treasury teams accustomed to batch processing and end-of-day reconciliation must adapt to continuous monitoring and real-time decision-making.—
Dave Glaser,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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In my 32 years at FIU, students in my courses and research lab originated from dozens of countries; many were naturalized, some were DACA recipients, others here on student visas.—
Philip Stoddard,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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According to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, a president does not have the power to revoke the citizenship of a person born or naturalized in the United States.—
Daily News Staff,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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