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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
Noun
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This is a common evolution between the coach and player, who increasingly now has a low tolerance for this sort of rhetoric.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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How does your faith inform your tolerance toward transgender rights?—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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“Habituation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituation. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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