as in to haunt
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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Recent Examples of habituate
In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.
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AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Unlike animals in captivity that may be somewhat habituated to human presence, wild sharks are unpredictable by nature.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Bundle and her mother are still deeply haunted by the losses of Tommy and Lord Caterham, who passed away in 1920.—
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Loan foreclosures and property purchases at deep discounts to prior values have haunted the sector.—
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Long Beach police believe the man is in his 20s or 30s and frequents the Northpointe Apartments complex, which is near the crime scene.—
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The road warriors who frequent Delta Air Lines lounges might have noticed some Atlanta clubs haven’t seen as many upgrades as other major cities.—
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While visiting her parents in Boston, Wells spent time with a close family friend who owns an apartment in Paris.—
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However, Demirel opened the game scoring eight unanswered points to give the visiting Antelopes an early 8-0 lead.—
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“Habituate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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