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Recent Examples of habituation
The final layer, embodiment and habituation, and how to implement them, completes the picture.
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Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The time spent in free motion while inside the swarm is meaningful, reducing the battery power needed in the control backpacks and reducing the likelihood of habituation to the signals.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, however, this habituation did not appear to be permanent.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The time spent in free motion while inside the swarm is meaningful, reducing the battery power needed in the control backpacks and reducing the likelihood of habituation to the signals.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, however, this habituation did not appear to be permanent.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituation
tolerance
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Both stimulate new growth but this is the time for slow growth so plants adapt to drought tolerance. • Use a sharp spray of water to clean plant leaves of dust, dirt, aphids, white flies and spider mites, whose presence is evident by tiny webs on leaves and stems.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Stonecrops are known for their heat and drought tolerance.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
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“Habituation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituation. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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