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
Companies like Tencent have set a precedent by habituating vast segments of the population to daily AI interactions.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
This habituated the regime to the give-and-take politics of winning support.
—Sean Yom, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016
The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.
—Matt Abrahams, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
This habituated the regime to the give-and-take politics of winning support.
—Sean Yom, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016
The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.
—Matt Abrahams, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habituate
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Another of Pao’s not good memories is shared through an enormous, wall-sized video paired with a haunting HMong kwv txhiaj, song poetry.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The haunting video has gained over 700,000 views and thousands of comments, with many reactions embracing something fundamental to Camp Mystic: prayer.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Trump has also frequented his own resort properties, notably Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster, for personal retreats or closed-press political dinners, but these have generally not been categorized as public events.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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The excursion will also feature a trip to Strickland Bay in search of dolphins and other wildlife that frequent these waters.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has since visited Camp Mystic, declaring a state of emergency and pledging continued support for search and rescue operations.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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For instance, the post-show dinner, once reserved for press, has now become de rigueur for visiting VICs and their sales associates, who accompany them at every stage of the trip — and nothing is left to chance.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
7 July 2025
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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