as in accustomed
being in the habit or custom
not only did the early-morning anchorman become habituated to getting up early, he found he actually liked it
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as in haunted
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 habituated
Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
But the study authors claim that the process begins much earlier, when animals become habituated to human environments.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Using long-term dietary data of habituated chimpanzees from each of the two field sites, the researchers found that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of pure ethanol per day of foraging, Dudley said.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The cats have become habituated to the sounds of vehicles, and six jaguars are presently collared and tracked, making their entire life stories visible to researchers.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Over the years, individual dingoes deemed too habituated to humans have been euthanized, in consultation with the Butchulla people.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
But the study authors claim that the process begins much earlier, when animals become habituated to human environments.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Using long-term dietary data of habituated chimpanzees from each of the two field sites, the researchers found that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of pure ethanol per day of foraging, Dudley said.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The cats have become habituated to the sounds of vehicles, and six jaguars are presently collared and tracked, making their entire life stories visible to researchers.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituated
Adjective
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Bill Frisell is more accustomed to moving forward than looking back.—
Archie Forde,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2026
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VettaFi's Cinthia Murphy also sees advantages by putting money to work abroad and finds investors have grown accustomed to geopolitical noise.—
Blair Bao,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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In season four, Eric’s haunted by guilt, and SternTao employee Sweetpea spots the cuff links on Eric’s hotel-room dresser.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The dynamic is one that haunted Bush, whose war in Iraq became so politically toxic that members of his own party abandoned him.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Although the store has culled most of its used books, Aragon-Shafi plans to still sell some of the used and rare inventory that West Side was first known for.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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When the economy shifts or supply shrinks, demand shifts to used cars, which then experience their own spike in values.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The witness said multiple alleged incidents with Epstein took place in South Carolina, a location not known to have been frequented by Epstein.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Reisman frequented the parlor, which, in its heyday, served as a social hub for table tennis and high-stakes hustling.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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María was among the locals sweeping up the ashes and trying to scrub burn marks from the streets and buildings when The Times visited Etzatlán in the days after El Mencho’s death.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Some 24% fewer Canadians visited Las Vegas overall last year.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Habituated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituated. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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