conditioned

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 conditioned the most important forms of direct welfare payments on employment or the search for employment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Koch described being so conditioned by weightlessness that back on Earth she had dropped a shirt expecting it to float - and was startled when it fell.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

We’ve been socially conditioned to avoid the exact behaviors that would create wealth and visibility and leadership and opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

We have all been conditioned for objects to work intuitively and instantly.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Cleaned and conditioned his leather saddle, his bridle, his halter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz