acclimate
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The team ultimately decided that in order to acclimate, they’d leave eight days before the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
With redshirts no longer a concern, Riley had promised to acclimate as many young players as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Another factor could be the sudden spike in temperature in mid-July, leaving the animals insufficient time to acclimate to the heat, Karaki adds.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
As they acclimate to rural life, they’re embraced by a community that takes care of each other and the world around them, including the kind, furry giant who Mei names Totoro.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“You have to try to acclimate as soon as possible to the time difference so you can be at your best when you compete,” he said.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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"Understanding how T. oblongifolia acclimates to heat gives us new strategies to help crops adapt to a warming planet."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
Directed by Motl Didner for the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, “Amid Falling Walls” deftly acclimates the audience before the performance even starts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Wilson, like Gourde, also plans to use it in a game once he fully acclimates to it.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
“I only think he’s going to continue to get more and more comfortable as he acclimates to playing more games and more snaps.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
He acclimates quickly to the work at this Goupil branch.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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F1 teams flew from Azerbaijan, acclimated to a daytime schedule in Malaysia and then immediately pivoted to the night shift in Singapore this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
For Californians acclimated to dry heat, that could have potential health implications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
There is no opening credits sequence, not even a single bit of pre-title exposition to get viewers acclimated to the characters or the setting.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
"Extreme early-season heat coupled with high tourism rates will make this heat very dangerous, particularly for those not acclimated to the heat and/or traveling from cooler climates," the Las Vegas, Nevada NWS office said.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
In all things, we become acclimated; this is our strength in wartime, and also our weakness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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But if there’s any silver lining, it’s that Skubal seems to be acclimating just fine in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Sitting in unease and acclimating to its extreme temperature — refusing to fight our very nature — is one of the most impactful things we can do for our bodies and minds.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
So after acclimating to the thin air near the summit, technicians began to dig the first of four holes, each 1 meter deep, with shovels and a handheld drill.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
Iris takes an oddball approach to acclimating her students to French: She extracts personal confessions from them in English, then writes wildly extrapolated versions of the French on index cards.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
“I must be acclimating to the new diet, Chancellor. I apologize,” I say, unable to look at her.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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