accustomed
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You are lucky and/or willing to keep working, and ensure that you top up your retirement fund, and keep yourself in the lifestyle — however grand or modest — to which you have become accustomed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
She says investors who became accustomed to equity-like returns from their bond portfolios as rates fell need to reset expectations and focus on locking in “solid income.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Growing up, Alejandra Villarreal was accustomed to the dry Mexican heat, trapped inside the small historic venues where she and her sisters would perform as kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
His coaching experience has been limited to informal roles and fans are accustomed to seeing the much-admired ex-captain in the Match of the Day studio.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“You have been accustomed to see him often, I suppose?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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