habituate

Example Sentences

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Then there are habits: we can habituate ourselves to speed - so fast can feel slow, and vice versa, depending on what you're used to.

From BBC

The process might actually begin much earlier than previously thought, they said, notably when animals became habituated to human environments.

From BBC

Lead researcher, Prof Gillian Forrester explained that being a reporter and broadcaster has probably made me "quite habituated to being put in stressful positions".

From BBC

The University of Zurich team observed a group of bonobos from a project by local biologists that had habituated the animals over 10 to 15 years, depending on the group.

From Salon

“We had three or four habituated bears that were constantly here in town,” said Fisher.

From Los Angeles Times