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noun

plural of wont

as in habits

a usual manner of behaving or doing he got up early, as is his wont

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wont

as in habituates

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Noun

The study analyzed the sleep habits of more than 11,000 people over seven days, during which participants wore wrist sensors that measured their light exposure.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Successful nonprofits treat these windows as opportunities to build infrastructure and embed habits of action that outlast the celebration.

— Stewart McLaurin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of habits

Verb

With a body thrashed by occupational hazards, Hsu, who is forty-four, orients his life nowadays around running Sci-Fi Fantasy, his skate company, and roaming the city to take pictures.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Boyd’s insight was that whoever observes and orients better gets inside their opponent’s decision cycle and dictates the fight.

— Nnamdi Iregbulem, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Definition of orients

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Yet entrenched misogyny and debates over gender equality within the religion have persisted, particularly over women’s access to temples andcertain rituals.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
College football Saturdays run on repetition, with the same soundtrack, symbols and rituals repeated so faithfully that generations of fans know the cues.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of rituals

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Dean Fabrizio and James Teter, each hired in 2009, have been at their Class 6A schools the longest.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of schools

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There’s an almost comically blasé way in which the performers — who are used to such spectacles — go about their work an hour before thousands of audience members will gasp and clap at the same tricks.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But when there isn’t a live event, the venue has been developing a slate of original programming that can run all day and night, with a few 4D tricks up its sleeve too.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of tricks

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Gizelle, who has been stirring the pot and playing producer for everyone on the trip, keeps up her conniving ways by sitting down all the RHOP ladies except for Candiace during their Potomac retrospective moment at the party.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
But in some ways, all those previous games were a drumroll leading up to this one — Super Bowl LXI, in a futuristic $5-billion stadium, absent the lingering restrictions of a pandemic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of ways

Verb

The stranger informs her matter-of-factly that Alice’s leg will be amputated unless Anna opts into her payment-plan bargain.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
This significant achievement informs her choice to customize a piece that reflects her strength, creativity and tenacity.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

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