accustomed to
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Meanwhile, Alice and Jimmy are too accustomed to the safety they’ve created in an emotional refuge that was always meant to be temporary: Childhood, in Alice’s case, bachelorhood in Jimmy’s.
From Salon
He didn't mind the dry diapers—by now, after three days, he was quite accustomed to getting dry diapers.
From Literature
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He was accustomed to playing by himself at home.
From Literature
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This week, the arriving athletes seemed more interested in getting accustomed to their free Samsung phones and using their own hand gestures to direct a robotic hand behind glass to pick up a plastic ball encasing a mystery Olympic pin.
From Los Angeles Times
The crash rate for alpine racing is so high that skiers become accustomed to competing with injuries, said Kevin Stone, an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco and a former U.S.
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