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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Campers were warned against leaving footwear outside their tents to avoid habituating the fox to humans.—
Ruffin Prevost,
AFAR Media,
18 July 2025
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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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Many of us are conditioned to think that our ultimate goal in life is to be with someone, so much so, that the mere thought of being alone frightens us.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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We're conditioned to think our email address is harmless.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Stray Kids return to the United Kingdom’s charts this week with brand new album Karma, and the set proves to be a strong seller in its opening frame – something the band is accustomed to.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Broadcasters have been accustomed for many years to releasing Nielsen viewership estimates as soon as the day after a program’s debut.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Snowdrops readily naturalize and are best planted in drifts along woodland edges or under large trees.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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Arendt argued that such a view naturalizes anti-Semitism, counterintuitively suggesting its legitimacy.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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