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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

Definition of acculturate

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Generally coyotes pose little threat to humans unless they have been habituated through intentional or unintentional feeding.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
We of the scrolling generation, in other words, are already habituated to the serial.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of habituate

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We have all been conditioned to accept and even to expect overt activism in the work of writers and artists whose personhood has been politicized.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
As national Medicaid cuts loom, South Dakota voters rejected an amendment that would have conditioned the state’s expansion program — already approved by voters — on the federal share of funding remaining at 90%.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026

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Viewers have long been accustomed to seeing King and others such as Fox News’ Bill Hemmer and NBC News’ Steve Kornacki manipulate colorful screens on set and rattle off stats and data.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The factory, which works with legacy brands and household names, is accustomed to rigorous auditing, however, having recently undergone an audit with Ralph Lauren, an official LA28 partner for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of accustom

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Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Where You Mow Regularly Bulbs such as crocuses planted in lawn and left to naturalize can make a colorful early springtime display, but there’s a caveat.

— Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2026

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