accustomed to

Idioms  

1. 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

So the new umpires are accustomed to calling pitches to the specific ABS zone, which doesn’t allow for any personal interpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

At the Stormy Cup cafe, staff had become accustomed to serving cast and crew members in recent years, but now they are catering for more tourists.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Candi Carter, whose Cistus Media handles e-commerce for Tegna, said viewers have long been accustomed to seeing products touted inside of programming content, going back to the days of Oprah Winfrey’s “favorite things” segments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Already accustomed to extreme environments, they are quick to adapt to the wind farm's conditions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

On reaching the bottom they stood awhile to let their eyes become accustomed to the gloom.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques