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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
acclimate .
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Examples
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Chicago agency CEO, @kirsteno, as she acclimates to Navy SEALS and flip-flops on Coronado Island, she says.
One tweet novel 2009
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Meanwhile, as likable George acclimates to his new digs, he finds himself in the worst place imaginable as the full moon rises.
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We don't yet know if that benefit persists over time, or if the body acclimates and finds a way around the drug effects.
David Katz, M.D.: Questioning Weight Loss Drugs M.D. David Katz 2011
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The site summarizes the story as that of “a fighter pilot who quickly acclimates to the future and puts his skills to use defending the planet against invaders.”
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Keflezighi acclimates his body through what's known as "fartlek" training, which involves a series of accelerations over the course of a run.
A Runner and His…Entourage? Scott Cacciola 2011
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When you get High Altitude Sickness, if you don't go back down a thousand or two thousand feet, and rest until your body acclimates to that altitude, High Altitude Sickness turns into one of two things: either it goes into your lungs and turns into pulmonary edema or into your brain as cerebral edema where your brain swells, both of which can be fatal.
Gary Stein: Craig Kiser's Blind Ambition to Benefit Thousands in Need Gary Stein 2010
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As Candy takes the wheel of my rental car so I can take notes, our heads pop like dashboard ornaments while she acclimates herself to my brakes.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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It can only grip the psyche for an instant since the mind soon acclimates to its cause.
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I wanted to say that Walter's natural coat acclimates quite well to the seasons.
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Guilt by innuendo is vile and only acclimates the public to gossip and intellectual laziness, which is poisonous to the public intellect and democracy.
Lieberman: McCain's "Not Too Important" Comment Doesn't Matter Because He Served In Vietnam 2009
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