as in accustomed
being in the habit or custom
not only did the early-morning anchorman become habituated to getting up early, he found he actually liked it
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as in haunted
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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Recent Examples of habituated
Emily Hayes,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
This orangutan is well habituated and sometimes come to a nearby feeding station for food.
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New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
As the residential community around Lake Tahoe has grown, bears have been pushed further uphill and become habituated to human food.
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Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Over the years, individual dingoes deemed too habituated to humans have been euthanized, in consultation with the Butchulla people.
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Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
But the study authors claim that the process begins much earlier, when animals become habituated to human environments.
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Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
Using long-term dietary data of habituated chimpanzees from each of the two field sites, the researchers found that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of pure ethanol per day of foraging, Dudley said.
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Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
The cats have become habituated to the sounds of vehicles, and six jaguars are presently collared and tracked, making their entire life stories visible to researchers.
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Aug. 2025
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
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Debidatta A. Mahapatra,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
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Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
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AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
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Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Wild animals that learn to associate humans with food become habituated, losing their natural wariness.
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Emily Hayes,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
This orangutan is well habituated and sometimes come to a nearby feeding station for food.
—
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
As the residential community around Lake Tahoe has grown, bears have been pushed further uphill and become habituated to human food.
—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Over the years, individual dingoes deemed too habituated to humans have been euthanized, in consultation with the Butchulla people.
—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
But the study authors claim that the process begins much earlier, when animals become habituated to human environments.
—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
Using long-term dietary data of habituated chimpanzees from each of the two field sites, the researchers found that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of pure ethanol per day of foraging, Dudley said.
—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
The cats have become habituated to the sounds of vehicles, and six jaguars are presently collared and tracked, making their entire life stories visible to researchers.
—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
—
Debidatta A. Mahapatra,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated.
—
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.
—
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
—
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituated
Adjective
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Kohl said venues and vendors that regularly work with celebrities are accustomed to strict nondisclosure agreements and limiting information to only those who need to know, reducing the risk of details leaking before an event.
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Ream’s grown accustomed to such indignities, especially from Richards, the Crystal Palace standout who squared off with Ream in the English Premier League when Ream played for Fulham.
Verb
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But countless Texans are haunted by the deadly flood and struggling to find a path forward.
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Scream and drop a lantern if your steeple reveals itself to be haunted.
Adjective
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Eligible buyers will receive $3,500 off for new EVs and $1,750 off for used ones.
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Budget The average new-vehicle transaction price is still over $49,000, and while there are many less expensive models on sale, the used market is a much better starting point for many shoppers.
Verb
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Another 21 were wounded in the explosion at a popular cafe near the capital's main judicial complex, which was often frequented by lawyers.
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Lewis and Clark passed through the area on their famed 1804 expedition, and the town was officially established in 1825 as a bustling steamboat hub frequented by both European settlers and Native Americans.
Verb
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Elizabeth Stanziano reluctantly visited Norfolk, Virginia's Sail 250 festival after her mother raved for weeks about seeing the tall ships during the Bicentennial.
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In his 10 years living on Skid Row, Gaines visited the post office at least twice a month, mailing money to his family in New Orleans to help care for his elderly mother.
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