acculturated

past tense of acculturate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturated
Verb
  • No one in the city has turned to the Sixers for salvation for years, accustomed to a process that never proceeded.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The meeting attendees at AP6 had the faces of people accustomed to scrutiny.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Allison worries everyday fans are being conditioned to see the diamond – or the court or the field – as slot machines and the human athletes as spinning symbols that sometimes align as dollar signs.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Time and again, the female characters, conditioned to be thrown into brutal competition with one another, find relief in solidarity.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Acculturated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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