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  • verb Present participle of acclimate.

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Examples

  • While successful in acclimating us to its beautiful, yet often hostile snowscapes, Whiteout ultimately comes up short.

    WHITEOUT DVD Review – Collider.com 2010

  • If you’re going to be gone longer than a couple of days, begin acclimating your body to the new time zone by altering your eating schedule three days before your plane takes off.

    15 Ways To Beat Jet-Lag - The Consumerist 2008

  • "We're just raising community awareness and kind of acclimating people to the idea (of carrying emptyguns),"

    Latest Articles contracostatimes.com 2010

  • "We're just raising community awareness and kind of acclimating people to the idea (of carrying guns)," said Brad Huffman, a Martinez resident who is organizing the event in Vallejo.

    Latest Articles contracostatimes.com 2010

  • I was convinced my next big life trauma, beyond acclimating to campus life in a new zip code, would be contemplating just how I'd introduce my new friend/boyfriend/homosexual life partner to my family come Thanksgiving.

    Joseph Erbentraut: Closer Than I'd Like To Admit Joseph Erbentraut 2012

  • I was convinced my next big life trauma, beyond acclimating to campus life in a new zip code, would be contemplating just how I'd introduce my new friend/boyfriend/homosexual life partner to my family come Thanksgiving.

    Joseph Erbentraut: Closer Than I'd Like To Admit Joseph Erbentraut 2012

  • I was convinced my next big life trauma, beyond acclimating to campus life in a new zip code, would be contemplating just how I'd introduce my new friend/boyfriend/homosexual life partner to my family come Thanksgiving.

    Joseph Erbentraut: Closer Than I'd Like To Admit Joseph Erbentraut 2012

  • Brooklyn Jonathan is acclimating well to his life as LA Jonathan.

    Jonathan Lethem, LA Resident, Says Brooklyn Is 'Repulsive With Novelists' Jonah Green 2011

  • I was convinced my next big life trauma, beyond acclimating to campus life in a new zip code, would be contemplating just how I'd introduce my new friend/boyfriend/homosexual life partner to my family come Thanksgiving.

    Joseph Erbentraut: Closer Than I'd Like To Admit Joseph Erbentraut 2012

  • I was convinced my next big life trauma, beyond acclimating to campus life in a new zip code, would be contemplating just how I'd introduce my new friend/boyfriend/homosexual life partner to my family come Thanksgiving.

    Joseph Erbentraut: Closer Than I'd Like To Admit Joseph Erbentraut 2012

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