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
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.
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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
Using data from more than 5,000 camera traps during the pandemic, researchers found that in urban landscapes where animals are habituated to humans, all species seemed to get out into nature more often.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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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
Using data from more than 5,000 camera traps during the pandemic, researchers found that in urban landscapes where animals are habituated to humans, all species seemed to get out into nature more often.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituate
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Former detainees speak of haunting nightmares, paralyzing panic attacks, and an inability to function.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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But Annabelle is also haunted by terrifying dreams — ones where her family are affected — and which Annabelle soon realizes aren’t just figments of her imagination, but premonitions of what’s to come.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The seven-night sailing would stop at smaller ports that are less frequented by cruise ships, such as St.-Raphaël, on the Côte d’Azur, before ending in Palma, on the Spanish island of Mallorca.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2025
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Tomlinson was a teenager who frequented U.K. theaters in search of new horror by the time the first Conjuring movie opened, which adds more meaning to her in playing Judy for this bookend installment.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
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The four European leaders jointly visited Kyiv last week and have been calling for Trump to back new sanctions on Russia.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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However, our grief was at its peak when friends from Canine Companions came to visit and said another release dog needed a home.—
Dean Koontz,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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