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Used to something or someone; having the habit of doing something. For example, In Spain we gave up our usual schedule and became accustomed to eating dinner at 10 p.m.Professor Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady (1956) ruefully sang the song “I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face” after his protégé Eliza walked out on him. [Second half of 1400s]

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Accustomed to not having options, she’s perhaps better able to appreciate the quiet togetherness of being holed up in her cousin’s apartment.

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People on the expedition had experiences being around nature that I think had not become evolutionarily accustomed to the threat that is our species.

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Rams coach Sean McVay is accustomed to inspiring players on the field and in the team’s meeting rooms and locker rooms.

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But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

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Today, we are accustomed to religious leaders being exposed for hypocrisy, but in 1926, Aimee’s story was a must-read thrill ride.

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