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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The offer is reportedly conditioned on majority shareholder Ron Burkle, and his affiliated Yucaipa Companies, rolling over their equity interests in Soho House as part of the deal.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Had past experiences conditioned you to caretake others at the expense of your own needs?—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
28 Feb. 2025
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Taylor, a native of Finland, is accustomed to cold weather and snow.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, masters of the universe accustomed to chartering superyachts and buying out resorts have begun extending the logic of exclusivity to entire towns.—
Andrew Sessa,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
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The bulbs naturalized through the years, and the field was full of bright yellow single and double-bloom flowers.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
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Poppies have a tendency to self-sow or naturalize in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Enculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enculturate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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