as in to introduce
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to
the task of accustoming new recruits to shipboard life
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Recent Examples of accustom
Ownership team comes from Fogo de Chao Those familiar with Fogo de Chao and Texas de Brazil will be accustomed to the churrascaria concept.
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Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2024
Workers already accustomed to secure password practices in their personal lives naturally carry these behaviors into the workplace, fostering a more secure company culture.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Enterprises aren’t accustomed to working in that type of cadence and with that type of pace.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Cruise lines are also accustomed to weathering storms and rarely cancel a voyage, but instead can reroute in bad weather.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2024
Workers already accustomed to secure password practices in their personal lives naturally carry these behaviors into the workplace, fostering a more secure company culture.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Enterprises aren’t accustomed to working in that type of cadence and with that type of pace.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Cruise lines are also accustomed to weathering storms and rarely cancel a voyage, but instead can reroute in bad weather.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accustom
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Even a few years after Apple introduced the system, the slimness of the iMac is still pretty impressive.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Harris didn’t take the opportunity to distance herself from Biden enough on that issue or introduce different ideas, Syed said.Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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This is the price of a rapid advance in global notoriety: Masses rush to familiarize, align, and occasionally embarrass themselves.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Ultimately, familiarizing yourself with THISTL’s work can be the best first step.Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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Lara wrote that football players were aware of the district’s policy because all students have been educated about hate speech.Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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While staff shortages pose an enormous challenge, school districts remain legally obligated–regardless of resources—to educate students with disabilities.Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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But that logic can escape state transportation executives oriented toward longer, intercity trips instead of shorter, intracity ones, as well as highway engineers trained to focus on maximizing the speed of all vehicles, regardless of how many people are inside them.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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From the start, its founder, Yvon Chouinard, has oriented its business leaders and their decisions around the company’s values of environmentalism and social good.Swapna Sathyan, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Accustom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accustom. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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