habituation
Example Sentences
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The Costo-style habituation makes chicken an ingredient that feels like it should always be available at accessible prices no matter what happens to the economy, similar to how Americans view eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Moreover, habituation to livestock inadvertently draws wolves closer to human communities, increasing the potential for conflict despite their natural avoidance of people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
It just seems as though through habit, habituation, comfort-sleepwalking, or myopia, we are so narrowly focused on this small tranche of cases and still treat the justices as oracles.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2024
And so, this is about habituation and conditioning.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024
But in general new possibilities invite interest300 and effort because our experimental and constructive bent contrives on the whole to make head against habituation and routine.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.