accustom

So, accustomed to a regular paycheck from gainful employment for the previous 28 years, I was now a start-up, spelling a whole new ballgame.

It's a reaction Tommy Tang has become accustomed to after six months of marketing his firm's chess-playing robot at various competitions.

Van de Zandschulp, who lost in qualifying before getting a reprieve after withdrawals from the main draw, is growing accustomed to causing upsets.

Now, with all generations accustomed to shopping online, malls are not as popular of a destination, he said.

And who can blame them, given how accustomed America has grown to the fruits of a low-cost, undocumented workforce?