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conditioning

[kuhn-dish-uh-ning] / kənˈdɪʃ ə nɪŋ /


NOUN
brainwashing
Synonyms


NOUN
Pavlovian conditioning
Synonyms




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HCFCs and HFCs have been widely used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

His mental adjustment on how to react to failure, combined with a conditioning program that led him to lose 10 pounds and become faster and stronger, created a spring environment sending him into rarefied air.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 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

“I’m going to spend the day with my dad. Neither of us slept too well last night. Our air conditioning is broken.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass




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