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Habituated chimpanzees can be followed at close range and are—hopefully—undisturbed by human presence.

From Scientific American • Dec. 28, 2012

Habituated to human presence and living in a place where hunting was forbidden, she seemed very interested in what I was doing.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2012

Habituated to this path, I had taken it spontaneously.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Habituated to the traffic customs, the New-Yorker crossing a street looks to the left for traffic till he gets half-way across, then looks to the right for traffic bound in the opposite direction.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Habituated to the turmoil of those grand dead nations near the vast ruins of the desert, this little hubbub of wearied citizens scarcely attracted my attention.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence