acclimate
verb (used with or without object)
acclimation
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a word derived from
acclimate.
Example Sentences
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Fitzgerald credits Lynn for his quick acclimation, while Riley has likened the safety’s offseason arrival to adding “a veteran in the NFL” to the secondary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
He says English proficiency as essential for acclimation, and recommends that federal and state governments, as well as trucker associations, offer subsidized programs to help immigrants learn English as a second language.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Jones noted that there is growing interest in studying the heat tolerance and acclimation capacity of ectotherms in the face of changing abiotic conditions such as ambient temperature.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
The two dolphins now live in a 3-million-gallon cold water habitat, but their acclimation is “progressing slowly as both dolphins are adjusting to new surroundings for the first time,” Ford said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
But there are many reintroduction efforts that don’t do hard releases yet do employ some type of acclimation process,where the species is slowly transitioned back into the wild—using a staged, or “soft,” release.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
