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Recent Examples of habituate Companies like Tencent have set a precedent by habituating vast segments of the population to daily AI interactions. Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 This habituated the regime to the give-and-take politics of winning support. Sean Yom, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016 The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned. Matt Abrahams, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for habituate
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Verb
  • Another of Pao’s not good memories is shared through an enormous, wall-sized video paired with a haunting HMong kwv txhiaj, song poetry.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The haunting video has gained over 700,000 views and thousands of comments, with many reactions embracing something fundamental to Camp Mystic: prayer.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Trump has also frequented his own resort properties, notably Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, for personal retreats or closed-press political dinners, but these have generally not been categorized as public events.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • The excursion will also feature a trip to Strickland Bay in search of dolphins and other wildlife that frequent these waters.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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  • To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 19 July 2025
  • Although most tourists wear sneakers when visiting the area, Como is still an upscale Italian village, so wearing nice shoes to lunch and dinner is always a good idea.
    Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025

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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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