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Recent Examples of naturalized
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 May 2026
About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
While serving in the National Guard, Noel became a naturalized citizen, worked several jobs, and earned an associate’s degree.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was arrested in New South Wales in 2022, and is pending extradition to the US.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Mecklenburg County saw a decrease in its non-citizens versus naturalized immigrants, when compared to the previous five-year survey from 2015-2019.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
Mamdani, a naturalized American citizen who was born in Uganda, has been critical of ICE for many years.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
Espaillat, who is a naturalized citizen himself, said his office has been flooded by people dealing with the uncertainty.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2026
For Chang, a naturalized British citizen, each visa to travel back to China to see her mother becomes more and more arduous to obtain, until eventually, she is denied one.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
There are approximately 26 million naturalized citizens as of 2024, according to federal data.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 May 2026
About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
While serving in the National Guard, Noel became a naturalized citizen, worked several jobs, and earned an associate’s degree.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was arrested in New South Wales in 2022, and is pending extradition to the US.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Mecklenburg County saw a decrease in its non-citizens versus naturalized immigrants, when compared to the previous five-year survey from 2015-2019.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
Mamdani, a naturalized American citizen who was born in Uganda, has been critical of ICE for many years.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
Espaillat, who is a naturalized citizen himself, said his office has been flooded by people dealing with the uncertainty.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2026
For Chang, a naturalized British citizen, each visa to travel back to China to see her mother becomes more and more arduous to obtain, until eventually, she is denied one.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
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Late Friday, however, state officials adopted a new structure for the emissions program, called cap-and-invest, that analysts say will likely reduce wildfire mitigation funding by $200 million per year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Terry Moran is accustomed to reporting from across the nation.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Speaking at a news conference with San Diego police and the FBI the day after the shooting, the Islamic Center’s imam said the mosque was accustomed to receiving hate mail, hateful messages online and hearing passing drivers scream and curse at community members.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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The findings could help pave the way for future biological pacemakers based on transplanted cells or organoids, potentially offering an alternative to traditional electronic devices.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
23 May 2026
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These chemicals do not harm transplanted tomato seedlings (or those of other vegetable transplants), only seeds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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Honey bees were domesticated to serve farms, and the fates of beekeepers and US agriculture became tightly intertwined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Burrows favors a version of the domestication story in which dogs domesticated themselves.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.—
Debidatta A. Mahapatra,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Lee’s priorities include expanding civic engagement and language accessibility, with an aim to demystify legal proceedings for students and nonnative English speakers.—
Jon Regardie,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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According to Headrick, carpenter bees also pollinate nonnative species such as blueberries, melons, tomatoes, eggplant and squash.—
Sarah Linn
April 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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One of the designs that Shein allegedly appropriated was a shirt from INAC’s Red Day Dress collection, which is designed to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit People.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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Moreover, such a reassessment is supposed to consider these impacts in a larger environment of contemporary communication in order to trace instances of remediation too, namely, to reveal how characteristics of old media are replaced or appropriated and incorporated.—
Carmen Daniela Maier,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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And once the bears have familiarized themselves with the area, they'll be introduced to a larger habitat, while still having access to the den.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The job, Nguyen said, familiarized him with the inner workings of restaurants and their safety regulations.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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