Both Uses
accustomed
in
The War of the Worlds
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- Among these were a couple of cyclists, a jobbing gardener I employed sometimes, a girl carrying a baby, Gregg the butcher and his little boy, and two or three loafers and golf caddies who were accustomed to hang about the railway station.†
Chpt 1.3accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- I thought I had become deaf, for the noises of movement I had been accustomed to hear from the pit had ceased absolutely.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(accustom) to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)