acclimatize
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Climbers have to walk across those ladders, wearing big boots and crampons, as they make multiple trips back and forth to advanced camps to acclimatize before finally heading for the summit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024
In other cases, temperature variability can lead to an opposite response in the affected organism: an ability to acclimatize or adapt to temperature extremes, depending on their frequency and intensity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023
Before the matches began, the players took at least two days to acclimatize to the altitude.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
Children’s bodies take longer to increase sweat production and otherwise acclimatize in a warm environment than adults’ do, research shows.
From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2022
Harry’s eyes, still puffy, took a moment to acclimatize, then he saw a pair of wrought-iron gates at the foot of what looked like a long drive.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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