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.—
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30 Sep. 2025 -
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 bison calf later had to be euthanized because it was habituated to humans.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Dec. 2025
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In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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This step is important to remove all gunk and stuck-on food before moving on to conditioning and shining the surface, according to Stein.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Vinegar can be drying, so remember to condition leather to keep it supple.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
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Venezuelans got accustomed to dismissing it all as noise, just a pretext the dictatorship employed to stamp out civil rights.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Drivers accustomed to taking the freeway to zip north and south through the Treasure Valley will have to follow detours to Star and Linder roads.—
Rose Evans
November 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Nov. 2025
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Unfortunately, many of these newcomers have been naturalized.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2018. has contacted Mamdani for comment via email.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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