Both Uses
accustomed
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- The praise is impressive, coming as it does from an unsentimental warrior more accustomed to slaughtering Indians than tipping his hat to them.†
Chpt 2.accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Newspaper editors, accustomed to sorting through endless battle photographs, would cast an idle glance at it, then stand fascinated.†
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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)