as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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Recent Examples of habituate
This habituated the regime to the give-and-take politics of winning support.
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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
People were habituated to constant surveillance and capricious punishments.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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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
People were habituated to constant surveillance and capricious punishments.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for habituate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituate
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Looking back on last year’s postseason, perhaps the only hypothetical that haunts the Mets is what a fully healthy Senga could have meant for them, especially in their NLCS against the Dodgers.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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The $3 million heist thriller follows former renowned magician Hadi, haunted by a tragic past, who devises a bold plan to steal the legendary Hati Kesuma necklace — a jewel worth millions — from a corrupt billionaire’s mansion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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This is one of the human groups that frequented the Pyrenean Mountains during the period known as the Last Glacial Maximum, or Ice Age.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
5 June 2025
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From there, Ghazal continued to expand the brand and it’s now become an internationally renowned restaurant that is frequented by celebrities and tastemakers alike.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Camron McDowell — a 6-foot-6, 180-pound senior-to-be combo guard from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma, who averaged 27.3 points per game in 2024-25 — visited Utah on March 30.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2025
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Robinson has visited Miami, Michigan, Texas Tech, Baylor, Texas A&M and Stanford, according to his social media.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2025
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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