accustomed
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Mr. Weidensaul explores the practice of “rewilding,” a concept that might be foreign to Americans accustomed to having large tracts of public and private wildlands close at hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Wall Street also has grown accustomed to Mastercard beating estimates.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
But Americans who think the process abroad will always meet the standards they are accustomed to can find themselves unexpectedly engulfed in a quagmire of complications.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
But like a world-class athlete accustomed to extreme rigor, he seemed unfazed by the expenditure of energy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Hence, after Italy came almost entirely into the hands of the Church and of several republics, those priests and other citizens who were not accustomed to bearing arms began to hire foreigners.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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