as in to acculturate
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The art world is acculturated to the notion that biennials should highlight new narratives but seems to presume that those artists must also be living and relatively young.—
Pamela J. Joyner,
ARTnews.com,
14 Oct. 2024 -
This growth is no longer coming from new immigrants naturalizing — it’s being driven by the birth of new generations of Latino and Hispanic Americans who are becoming further removed from the immigrant experience and, in turn, becoming assimilated and acculturated to the American experience.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.—
Matt Abrahams,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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For the past decade, technology companies have conditioned buyers to make purchasing expensive gadgets an annual affair through services such as Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Beyond performing the majority of domestic tasks, women are conditioned to take on the additional burden of coordinating the household — tasks that are almost always invisible, but exceptionally crucial to the smooth functioning of the family.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the Arctic, most communities have a population that’s majority Inuit, so the White folks in charge are in the minority – that’s a dynamic the majority of North Americans are not accustomed to.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2025
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Because the priorities are different — public interest for the government and profits for businesses — privatization can mean everyday services run differently than people are accustomed to.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wild tulips thrive in cold winters and dry summers, but only certain varieties naturalize well in warmer climates.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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The flowers don't last long but are a welcome sight in March, and the bulbs will naturalize and bloom again next year.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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