acclimatize

Sports science experts say the best way to handle the thin air is to arrive up to 10 days in advance to acclimatize, or as close to kickoff as possible to minimize the physical toll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

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

But when he works a smaller room, his charisma acclimatizes itself; he turns smooth, dexterous.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, experts suggest light outdoor exercise, which acclimatizes your body to the hot environment and helps you expel heat more efficiently.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jesus acclimatizes man's spirit to a far different home, and sets in his heart an altogether different eternity.

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Coffin, Henry Sloane

“I think that perhaps,” Matheson writes over email, “Milli Vanilli suffered because they were an early ‘created’ pop band, and the public hadn’t been acclimatized to this kind of music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Many, many people wouldn’t have been acclimatized to the heat,” said Wasiu Adeniyi Ibrahim, head of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s central forecast office and an author of the study.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Vanos said the commonly-used wet-bulb temperature for human survivability assumes the person is indoors or shaded, unclothed, completely sedentary, fully heat acclimatized and of an "average size."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

“The solstice is a time for ritual and attention, getting myself and my body acclimatized to the new season.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

I huffed toward the relative security of the serac’s crest with all the haste I could muster, but since I wasn’t acclimatized my fastest pace was no better than a crawl.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

And we are acclimatizing ourselves to the idea that Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

Climbers generally reach the Everest base camp in April and spend weeks acclimatizing to the high altitude, rough terrain and thin air before they go up the summit.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023

It automatically shows up on the home screen, and the first three 15-minute workouts are dedicated to acclimatizing you to proper form and the three types of Hydrow workouts: Breathe, Sweat, and Drive.

From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2022

Still, Kahn decided to make do and began acclimatizing himself with the table by sending a succession of winks hurtling toward the plastic red cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2019

Compounding her difficulties, moreover, Hunt had trouble acclimatizing and suffered severe headaches and shortness of breath during most of her stay at Base Camp.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer