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acclimate

[ak-luh-mayt, uh-klahy-mit] / ˈæk ləˌmeɪt, əˈklaɪ mɪt /


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The team ultimately decided that in order to acclimate, they’d leave eight days before the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Another factor could be the sudden spike in temperature in mid-July, leaving the animals insufficient time to acclimate to the heat, Karaki adds.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

As they acclimate to rural life, they’re embraced by a community that takes care of each other and the world around them, including the kind, furry giant who Mei names Totoro.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

But even that help has its challenges; the care agency can send different caregivers that need to acclimate to Arminda’s needs and sometimes caregivers quit, creating gaps in assistance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Harlan Betchel was probably the only person in town who’d never been able to acclimate himself to the pebbles of Mercedes Rael.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"Understanding how T. oblongifolia acclimates to heat gives us new strategies to help crops adapt to a warming planet."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025

Lifetime cameras have followed Rose as she acclimates to freedom in a new docuseries, “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup” debuts Monday.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

The studio has become a safe haven for Big Hit as he acclimates himself to an entirely new world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

The Jets signed veteran Trevor Siemian to the practice squad Tuesday, but Saleh said he’ll be inactive for New York’s game against Kansas City on Sunday night as he acclimates himself.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

He acclimates quickly to the work at this Goupil branch.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

F1 teams flew from Azerbaijan, acclimated to a daytime schedule in Malaysia and then immediately pivoted to the night shift in Singapore this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Extreme early-season heat coupled with high tourism rates will make this heat very dangerous, particularly for those not acclimated to the heat and/or traveling from cooler climates," the Las Vegas, Nevada NWS office said.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

The Fongoli chimps, who today number 35, were the first and for a long time only group of savannah chimpanzees to be acclimated to the presence of researchers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

That way, their bodies acclimated to the temperature, he claimed, so their hearts didn’t explode.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

It’s crucial that pandas in the release program not become acclimated to humans, for several reasons.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

But USC’s coaches were quick this week to note that the Trojans’ freshmen, no matter how talented, still had some acclimating to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sitting in unease and acclimating to its extreme temperature — refusing to fight our very nature — is one of the most impactful things we can do for our bodies and minds.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

So after acclimating to the thin air near the summit, technicians began to dig the first of four holes, each 1 meter deep, with shovels and a handheld drill.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024

Iris takes an oddball approach to acclimating her students to French: She extracts personal confessions from them in English, then writes wildly extrapolated versions of the French on index cards.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

“I must be acclimating to the new diet, Chancellor. I apologize,” I say, unable to look at her.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera


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