acclimation

Example Sentences

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He says English proficiency as essential for acclimation, and recommends that federal and state governments, as well as trucker associations, offer subsidized programs to help immigrants learn English as a second language.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Virtually all rookie pitchers — even those with previous professional experience in Japan — go through such an acclimation period, trying to refine raw talent into tangible results.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

Jones noted that there is growing interest in studying the heat tolerance and acclimation capacity of ectotherms in the face of changing abiotic conditions such as ambient temperature.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

I am the beneficiary of more than a century of acclimation to the idea of seeing inside yourself.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

But there are many reintroduction efforts that don’t do hard releases yet do employ some type of acclimation process,where the species is slowly transitioned back into the wild—using a staged, or “soft,” release.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh