accustomed
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Mr. Weidensaul explores the practice of “rewilding,” a concept that might be foreign to Americans accustomed to having large tracts of public and private wildlands close at hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Wall Street also has grown accustomed to Mastercard beating estimates.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
And while he had only two turnovers, they were the type to turn a tide, the type we’re not accustomed to witnessing from James.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
But Americans who think the process abroad will always meet the standards they are accustomed to can find themselves unexpectedly engulfed in a quagmire of complications.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing accustomed
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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The Wishing Spell
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