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And the notion that video games might accustom people to the idea of war has long been settled: The U.S.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Trent, the former customer the Roosevelt Bartell, ended up at the Rite Aid in Wedgwood, where she said she’s had to accustom herself to long waits.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

Several mahouts went to Sri Lanka in advance to accustom the animal to being caged so he wouldn’t panic during the trip to Thailand.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2023

Much the same is true for the pandemic, which lingers in ways we find we can endure precisely because our martial metaphors accustom us to thinking we will definitively defeat it.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

I tried to move among the angry voices, blinking, struggling to accustom my eyes to the very dim light.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Chief among these techniques is "systematic desensitization," the process a mother uses when she accustoms a baby to the ocean by dipping in one foot first, then a leg, then the infant's whole body.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

In this way the hand accustoms itself, not only to perform the general action, but also to confine the movement within all kinds of limits.

From Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Montessori, Maria

He was wise enough to attempt no consolation, knowing well how small a part of her life the venerable Indian had been and how easily youth accustoms itself to such a loss.

From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn

Little by little it accustoms itself to them.

From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André

Already accustomed to extreme environments, they are quick to adapt to the wind farm's conditions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

He adds that long-term and experimental research will be essential for determining whether animals are simply becoming accustomed to human activity or experiencing deeper evolutionary changes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Still, winning over city slickers accustomed to premium brands remains an uphill battle.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Buyers also had grown accustomed to buying Iranian oil at a discount when sanctions were in effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The tidy basket, with the bit of work she left unfinished when the needle grew ‘so heavy’, was still on its accustomed shelf.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Bacon said he and the fellow star had no qualms accustoming to their new routine while quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic.

From Fox News ● Jan. 10, 2022

“These reviews also had a good effect in accustoming the troops to see me, although they saw so much of me in their camps and on the picket-lines that this was of minor importance.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017

The old falconers called the process of accustoming a hawk to a human “watching.”

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2015

With the speedy Wall leading the way, the Wizards plan to use more of a running, uptempo style than Porter was accustoming to playing the past two seasons at Georgetown.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2013

Mademoiselle had some trouble in accustoming herself to the new manners towards the King.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede