conditioned

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“I suspect that we’ve conditioned investors to expect overperformance to a level that we didn’t quite meet those heightened expectations.”

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Koch described being so conditioned by weightlessness that back on Earth she had dropped a shirt expecting it to float - and was startled when it fell.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Live Nation said it never conditioned concerts on a venue’s use of Ticketmaster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

We have all been conditioned for objects to work intuitively and instantly.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Wall was sitting on a fresh, perfectly conditioned horse, under a feather impost,just dropping down into his run.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand