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Recent Examples of habituation
The final layer, embodiment and habituation, and how to implement them, completes the picture.
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Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The time spent in free motion while inside the swarm is meaningful, reducing the battery power needed in the control backpacks and reducing the likelihood of habituation to the signals.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Prolonged exposure therapy helps patients reduce their emotional responses to traumatic memories through habituation and extinction.
—Big Think, 21 Jan. 2025
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The time spent in free motion while inside the swarm is meaningful, reducing the battery power needed in the control backpacks and reducing the likelihood of habituation to the signals.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Prolonged exposure therapy helps patients reduce their emotional responses to traumatic memories through habituation and extinction.
—Big Think, 21 Jan. 2025
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituation
tolerance
Noun
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The decision of which strategy to pursue is influenced by factors such as the company’s vision and mission, available resources, risk tolerance, competitive and growth strategies, market scale, and the intensity of competition.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Keep in mind that handles and lids may have lower heat tolerances than the pan itself.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Habituation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituation. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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