accustomed
Example Sentences
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At this point, investors have grown accustomed to brief bouts of volatility — spurred by tariffs, the war with Iran or creeping worries about the payoff on artificial-intelligence-related investments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Like Yulia, he said he was not worried, having become accustomed to the regular buzz of drones.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
So the new umpires are accustomed to calling pitches to the specific ABS zone, which doesn’t allow for any personal interpretation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
At the Stormy Cup cafe, staff had become accustomed to serving cast and crew members in recent years, but now they are catering for more tourists.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I felt the warm tug of the past and the melancholy of absence—all of it a little jarring, accustomed as I was to the hermetic and youthful world of college.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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The Wishing Spell
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