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Recent Examples of acclimate After a typical handoff period of a few days while ISS residents help the new crew get acclimated, Crew-9 will board their own Crew Dragon, Freedom, and prepare for departure. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025 On the flip side, folks who already eat a high-fiber diet will probably fare better because they’re already acclimated to that kind of food. Caroline Tien, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025 The eight-year veteran is only 27 years old and has ample time to acclimate to his new digs. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 Early work: The plan going in was to get Wiggins, making just his third Heat appearance, as acclimated as possible. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for acclimate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acclimate
Verb
  • This is a threshold amount adjusted annually for inflation (currently $64,000 in 2025).
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Fourth quarter prices fall, rates rise Home list prices fell slightly (-4%) in the fourth quarter, after adjusting for inflation.
    Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • People adapt their travel plans as Europe drives Americans – and global travelers in general – away due to rising costs.
    Food Drink Life, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Hospitals must adapt to new engagement strategies that cater to these changing expectations while ensuring excellence like before—or perhaps better than before.
    Dr. Fatih Mehmet Gul, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The first is to tailor rapid rearmament to the idea of sending a large military force to Ukraine to guarantee a peace settlement and if necessary fight Russia there.
    Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
  • For years, this was achieved at the expense of privacy, with cookies and other tracking mechanisms mining personal data to tailor ads.
    Mike Villalobos, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Such policies may compel Muslim employees to choose between adhering to their religious values or conforming to professional standards that do not reflect their cultural and religious identity, potentially leading to perceptions of unprofessionalism.
    Aparna Rae, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • More importantly, Lara wants women to embrace their bodies’ natural processes rather than feel pressured to conform to societal expectations or follow conventional paths that don’t seem to be working in their favor.
    Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While Waymo has already put driverless vehicles on the road in cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, industry experts say Tesla is still far from offering a robotaxi service.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
  • From the far side of the moon, outside of regular communications range, the lander will perform a descent trajectory burn to shrink its orbit and put it on a flight path toward its landing site.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Acclimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acclimate. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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