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Recent Examples of habituation
The time spent in free motion while inside the swarm is meaningful, reducing the battery power needed in the control backpacks and reducing the likelihood of habituation to the signals.
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Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, however, this habituation did not appear to be permanent.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The team plans to look at how animals get used to recreational noises over time — a term called habituation.
—Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
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Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, however, this habituation did not appear to be permanent.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Pain and terror rouse him from his habituation, the domestic life that dulls.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The team plans to look at how animals get used to recreational noises over time — a term called habituation.
—Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for habituation
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“Habituation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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