acclimatized

Example Sentences

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“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

For football players from climates similar to those in northern Europe, heat exposure for 10–14 days is enough to become fully acclimatized, he says.

From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 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