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assimilate

[uh-sim-uh-leyt, uh-sim-uh-lit, -leyt] / əˈsɪm əˌleɪt, əˈsɪm ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /




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But as they and their children assimilated, most families left these ethnic enclaves for the suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Goodland explained that directors generally start with a holistic vision for a given production and assimilate the actors’ performances to serve it: “But from the very beginning, Tina puts the actors’ energy at the center.”

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the core themes within the documentary is how we as Chicanos view the American Dream: Can we achieve it by being ourselves, or do we have to assimilate?

From Los Angeles Times

The rest, most of whom are residents of large cities such as Tehran, are mixed with other ethnicities and assimilated into mainstream Iranian culture.

From The Wall Street Journal

Germans ignored it out of shame; Jews, living precariously in exile, rejected it as too assimilated and bourgeois.

From The Wall Street Journal