conditioned
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Sosnick said in an interview that many investors have been conditioned to buy these stocks after big pullbacks because, for the most part, they have rebounded quickly.
From Barron's
Maybe it’s because the abusive or neglectful patterns exemplified by their original caregivers or family dynamic conditioned them to have difficulty knowing what love actually looks, sounds, feels like.
From Los Angeles Times
In her voice-over, Farsi describes meeting Hassona as if encountering a mirror, realizing “how much both our lives are conditioned by walls and wars.”
From Los Angeles Times
Being a father of five, I’m conditioned to say all my kids are tied for first.
I’m conditioned to get up when the kids do, so that’s typically the time even on a weekend.
From Los Angeles Times
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