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
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
AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 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
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
Verb
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 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
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Public hospitals and clinics often fall short of what many expats are accustomed to, largely due to limited funding.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Rong Niu has grown somewhat accustomed to the fanfare over decades performing at NBA, WNBA and college basketball games — her first halftime show was a Los Angeles Clippers game in 1993.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Lots of small, family-owned and run Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese refugee businesses there, alongside a long-standing Greek restaurant and a German restaurant with an urban legend about being haunted, and now, some Latinx businesses, a Jamaican restaurant, a Somali restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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This particularly applies to an opening visual metaphor, in which an old veteran is haunted by a vision of his past, which proves more excessive and obvious than enlightening.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Did people lay out their used sweaters and second-hand audio equipment, hoping someone would claim them?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Another way to reduce the price of a vehicle is to consider used cars, which are less than three years old.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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This is an urban hotel, with an ultra-chic vibe, frequented by modern urbanites from all over the world.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Miami Lakes home Casiano and his team raided in June 2016 belonged to Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez, the longtime owner of Blossom Experience, a North Miami gardening supply store frequented by marijuana growers from across the country.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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At least five national leaders, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, have visited Xi in January alone.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Anantara Kafue River Tented Camp, set to open in Zambia’s Kafue National Park in 2026, marks a major new luxury safari arrival in one of Africa’s largest and least-visited wilderness areas.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Habituated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituated. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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