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as in compared
to describe as similar
assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine
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as in understood
to have a clear idea of
still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
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as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system
social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community
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Recent Examples of assimilated
In fourteen books of short stories, more than fifty of which were published in The New Yorker, Alice created a new form for expressing the way that the past, incompletely assimilated, creates the conditions of life in the present.
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Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This was not the result of bottom-up social change, but rather reflected how provincial elites assimilated into the ruling class.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Indigenous children were taken from their homes by government officials and sent to these schools to be forcefully assimilated into American culture.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The descendants of manitos who moved to cities assimilated into the larger Mexican American culture.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
They would be assimilated into American society.
—Abc News, ABC News, 15 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
Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This was not the result of bottom-up social change, but rather reflected how provincial elites assimilated into the ruling class.
—Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Indigenous children were taken from their homes by government officials and sent to these schools to be forcefully assimilated into American culture.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The descendants of manitos who moved to cities assimilated into the larger Mexican American culture.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
They would be assimilated into American society.
—Abc News, ABC News, 15 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilated
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Tantric Buddhism understood this, and reminders of mortality abound in its art, in images of skeletons and corpses, and in portraits of deities associated with death.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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More Stores But it is understood that the disposal of De Beers, one way or another, will proceed, as will a plan to grow the retail arm of the business through the opening of more stores with the aim being to grow from 40 De Beers outlets today to 100 around the world.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The left earcup has a large ‘b’ button for play/pause and activating the voice assistant, while volume controls are integrated above and below the ‘b’ button.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Alphas will demand a new approach to marketing that is integrated, innovative and authentic, and that kind of transformation can’t happen overnight.—
Dani Mariano,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Traditionally, organizations have equated specialized knowledge with leadership potential.—
Anna Barnhill,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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This was a controversial move among some in Congress and the human rights community who were wedded to an ideology that equated sanctions with leverage for change.—
Derek Mitchell,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2024
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That factual indication is essentially incorporated into the pattern-matching data structure.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The early success of the Polynesian Resort Hotel allowed business investors to realize water parks incorporated within hotels could extend the tourist season.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
26 Dec. 2024
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Three high school students recognized him and contacted police.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
31 Dec. 2024
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Scott has been recognized at the national level, too, with presidential appointments from both former President Barack Obama and current President Joe Biden, and earned a lifetime achievement award from Biden last year.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2024
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Context appears to matter a lot with such items, which are often appreciated when exchanged between acquaintances.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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His engagements with historical authors are also best appreciated in literary terms.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Cortland sawing off his own arm and serving it to his tyrannical father — that’s pretty straightforward.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2025
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Instead, open up space at the bud union for basal breaks by sawing out undesirable canes flush at the bud union.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2025
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