as in to accustom
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Recent Examples of acculturate
The art world is acculturated to the notion that biennials should highlight new narratives but seems to presume that those artists must also be living and relatively young.
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Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024
This growth is no longer coming from new immigrants naturalizing — it’s being driven by the birth of new generations of Latino and Hispanic Americans who are becoming further removed from the immigrant experience and, in turn, becoming assimilated and acculturated to the American experience.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But Roy believes that the situation today is different, because there is nothing for us to get acculturated to.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Crews were prefabricated communities, able to accommodate the constant turnover of individuals and to acculturate new recruits on the job.
—James Belich, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
Ethnoburb immigrants are generally nonwhite, have minimal desire to acculturate into whiteness, and some of them are already educated and affluent.
—Bianca Mabute-Louie, ELLE, 9 Feb. 2023
Inspired and/or appalled by the experiences of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, Barnes imagines a dialogue in which a Black duchess helps acculturate a Black duchess-to-be to her new position.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
Women are acculturated to have a lot of those skills to begin with.
—National Geographic, 17 June 2019
Sadness, resentment and burnout aren’t going to be shamed or ridiculed away by the part of you acculturated to scoff at such pain.
—Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024
This growth is no longer coming from new immigrants naturalizing — it’s being driven by the birth of new generations of Latino and Hispanic Americans who are becoming further removed from the immigrant experience and, in turn, becoming assimilated and acculturated to the American experience.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But Roy believes that the situation today is different, because there is nothing for us to get acculturated to.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Crews were prefabricated communities, able to accommodate the constant turnover of individuals and to acculturate new recruits on the job.
—James Belich, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
Ethnoburb immigrants are generally nonwhite, have minimal desire to acculturate into whiteness, and some of them are already educated and affluent.
—Bianca Mabute-Louie, ELLE, 9 Feb. 2023
Inspired and/or appalled by the experiences of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, Barnes imagines a dialogue in which a Black duchess helps acculturate a Black duchess-to-be to her new position.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
Women are acculturated to have a lot of those skills to begin with.
—National Geographic, 17 June 2019
Sadness, resentment and burnout aren’t going to be shamed or ridiculed away by the part of you acculturated to scoff at such pain.
—Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturate
Verb
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Taylor, a native of Finland, is accustomed to cold weather and snow.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, masters of the universe accustomed to chartering superyachts and buying out resorts have begun extending the logic of exclusivity to entire towns.—
Andrew Sessa,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The experiment was conducted in eight meters of open water at a research site in the Mediterranean Sea where the local wild fish are habituated to the presence of divers.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Human beings habituate to anything that stays the same or is patterned.—
Matt Abrahams,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Poppies have a tendency to self-sow or naturalize in the garden.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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Agents in an unmarked car pulled over Ernesto Campos, the owner of a Bakersfield gardening service who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen more than 10 years ago.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, researchers from UH discovered a fungus from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment that may have the ability to break down plastics, and to top it off, they may be conditioned to do it faster.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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This blend of soothing cica extract and conditioning eucalyptus and rosemary oils leaves skin with a bouncy, silky-smooth texture while instantly breaking down your toughest full-coverage makeup.—
Angela Trakoshis,
Allure,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The soils are Jurassic era clay-limestone and red clay intermingled with large stones.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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North Dakota has had a particularly contentious relationship with the federal government over its management of public lands that intermingle with parcels owned by the state or private citizens.—
Mary Steurer,
ProPublica,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Certainly, there was solace in the gathering that Saturday night, where the reverence of diehard Lynch obsessives seemed to commingle, excitingly, with a newbie’s sense of bafflement and discovery.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025
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Sensible statements, like expressing concern that additives pose potential health dangers, commingle with conspiracy theories.—
Brooke Redmond,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Acculturate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturate. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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