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acclimating

  • present participle
    of acclimate.
    acclimate
    verb (used with or without object)
    to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt.

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Garrett is acclimating to Southern California and a team that advanced to the NFC championship game last season before losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Sitting in unease and acclimating to its extreme temperature — refusing to fight our very nature — is one of the most impactful things we can do for our bodies and minds.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

So after acclimating to the thin air near the summit, technicians began to dig the first of four holes, each 1 meter deep, with shovels and a handheld drill.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024

Iris takes an oddball approach to acclimating her students to French: She extracts personal confessions from them in English, then writes wildly extrapolated versions of the French on index cards.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Before beginning the mission, Dasch had argued furiously with Kappe that the saboteurs were to spend a few months acclimating and blending in before blowing up any of their targets.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple