Example Sentences

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“Interested homebuyers are acclimating to the current rate environment, but the lack of inventory remains a primary obstacle to affordability,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

“You have to just live with your plants and see what they are doing and how they’re doing it. You are acclimating to them as much as they’re acclimating to you.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021

And in many states, registration to vote in a November election takes place in October, just when students are acclimating to the semester.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

They are acclimating to new realities of frequent testing and potential risk, and, as Michaels explained in a phone interview on Wednesday afternoon, the success of their efforts is in no way assured.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2020

Local employers are acclimating to this new reality in different ways, recruiters say.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2013