as in to acculturate
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Verb
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Anne’s mother, Edith, continued to speak German, and, by all accounts, struggled to acculturate to her new environment.—
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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
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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
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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,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s when the film threatens to resolve into the kind of tragic revenge drama that Sacha and Evgueni Galperine’s ominous score has conditioned us to half-expect from the start.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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The discomfort stems not from graphic imagery, but from recognition — the realization that contemporary visual culture increasingly conditions audiences through loops of deferred resolution.—
Andrew S. Jacobson,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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On The Comeback, the flailing sitcom actress Valerie Cherish (played by Lisa Kudrow) is accustomed to sacrificing her dignity for the spotlight.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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They have been accustomed to playing with three at the back in possession under Enzo Maresca and Rosenior for the past two seasons.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Plants will slowly naturalize in woodland gardens through self-seeding.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 May 2026
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Over time, the bulbs naturalize and spread throughout the garden without any work on your end.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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