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 • Dec. 10, 2025

"There's this idea that the animals are going to habituate to humans if they're not hunted. But we've shown that this isn't the case.," says Clinchy.

From Science Daily • Oct. 5, 2023

But enough venues are starting to ask for digital passes to worry some privacy advocates, who fear the trend could habituate consumers to constant tracking.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Other sloths that will return to the wild receive numbers instead of names because the Rodriguezes do not want them to habituate to people.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2021

It is worth while to habituate him early not to command people, for he is not their master; nor things, for they cannot understand him.

From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Steeg, Jules