acclimate
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It made the decision by 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan to have his team spend a week in Melbourne to acclimate the correct one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
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"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
Roz is the reader’s proxy, an innocent who acclimates to the complex rhythms of the natural world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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 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
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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
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But if there’s any silver lining, it’s that Skubal seems to be acclimating just fine in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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
Alternating between angry and exhausted, she bristles at acclimating to the domesticity that her prickly neighbor wives treat like a club handshake.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
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
A ninth-grade academy in a separate building, which had been successful in acclimating students to high school, was to be shut down.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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