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conditioning

[kuhn-dish-uh-ning] / kənˈdɪʃ ə nɪŋ /


NOUN
brainwashing
Synonyms


NOUN
Pavlovian conditioning
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“He talks a lot of trash,” Dodgers strength and conditioning coach Travis Smith told The Times this week, with a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"They do play with your mind - running around at night, in the ceiling, the air conditioning units. You can hear them and you can smell them - it's like a decaying body."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The U.S. says it is conditioning future financial support on deeper savings, with more job cuts, less business-class travel and greater use of machine translators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

And finally, they’ll examine why the UK and Europe are still so resistant to air conditioning despite being plagued by deadly heatwaves.

From Slate • May 30, 2026

It has cloth seats and air conditioning and a separate place to store luggage.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell




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