wean on

phrasal verb

weaned on; weaning on; weans on

: to have (someone) see, use, or experience (something) often especially from a young age

—usually used as (be) weaned on

a generation of kids weaned on television

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Anything remotely comparable being made currently will inevitably feature camera-ready people weaned on platforms incentivized to amplify the most conventionally beautiful among us. —

Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024 The generation weaned on the Uptown and Bad Boy classics navigated such strife with belittling humor, treating Cassie like a musical flash in the pan with an inexplicable hold on the more powerful men around her. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Thinking about the future of theater, Cattell wonders about today’s younger generations weaned on smartphones and games. —

Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024 If von Stade’s spirit and voice soars to the heavens, the Bay Area has also produced singers weaned on gravel, mud and fire water. —

Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024 Increasingly, a vast segment of theme park attendees come from a generation that was weaned on games and an interactive, on-demand lifestyle. —

Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 The crust is more charred than many Neapolitans, something familiar to a town weaned on barbecue. —

Jill Wendholt Silva and Tyler Fox, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 There’s a strong sense of humor throughout a lot of your material, for starters, that could have come from being weaned on any of those artists, really. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023 They are often weaned on pouches and pre-packed finger foods–this should be an occasional treat, not a majority part of their diet. —

Hannah Coates, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2023