accustomed
Example Sentences
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This drop in temperature might come as a bit of a shock for some after being accustomed to the hotter-than-average weather we've seen for weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“When people get accustomed to not having access to a community, they make adjustments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The slowdown will be similar to roaming abroad with a data-limited SIM card, Taiwan officials said, describing what could be an unusual experience for a population accustomed to fast, pervasive mobile internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
At this point, investors have grown accustomed to brief bouts of volatility — spurred by tariffs, the war with Iran or creeping worries about the payoff on artificial-intelligence-related investments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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