as in to haunt
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 habituate
Smartphones have thus habituated people to an expectation of stimulation—and potential reward—at every moment.
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Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
The United States is habituated to sanctions as a way to deal with challenges that don’t rise to the level of armed response but are too transgressive to ignore.
—Adham Sahloul, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
In a country without freedom or good health care, for example, people can habituate to what’s not good rather than struggling against it.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Still, with a couple of hours to kill, they were determined, or maybe just habituated, to make and post one of their signature short videos.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 8 July 2024
The United States is habituated to sanctions as a way to deal with challenges that don’t rise to the level of armed response but are too transgressive to ignore.
—Adham Sahloul, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
In a country without freedom or good health care, for example, people can habituate to what’s not good rather than struggling against it.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Still, with a couple of hours to kill, they were determined, or maybe just habituated, to make and post one of their signature short videos.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituate
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And Democrats can become the tough-on-crime party, losing the weak-kneed reputation that has haunted them since 1968.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Wednesday's collision between a commercial airplane and an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport became the latest in a list of midair disasters that have haunted travelers, investigators and researchers for nearly a century.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The home that the family frequented had to be torn down after suffering substantial damage from Hurricane Ian in 2022, said James Bates, one of the two listing agents for the property, with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.—
Laura Layden,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the place was inhabited once, it is now primarily abandoned, though frequented by hikers, tour groups, and bird-watchers hoping to catch a glimpse of the endangered orange-bellied parrot.—
Justin Meneguzzi,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
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For more information, visit the website, RamonaTownHall.org.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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For complete box office visit the League’s website.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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