assimilate
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It could be a long season ahead but we cannot expect 10 new players to assimilate immediately.
From BBC β Jul. 28, 2026
The ability to assimilate newcomers has always been an American strength, while falling birthrates will soon make that an even greater American advantage.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 30, 2026
"I don't know if my body just doesn't assimilate the supplements as well, but minoxidil is definitely more effective long-term," she said.
From Science Daily β May 7, 2026
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 β Jan. 21, 2026
The next three months were hot, confusing, and miserable as Amari tried to assimilate into the culture of plantation life.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Jacques Bouvier added: 'Because rubisco assimilates the sugars which fuel life on Earth, improving this enzyme is one of the most promising avenues to help combat food insecurity.
From Science Daily β Mar. 6, 2024
ChatGPT, Microsoft-controlled AI that grows smarter at mimicking human behavior as it assimilates more knowledge in a massive database, presents the illusion of talking with a friend who wants to do your work for you.
From Washington Times β Apr. 14, 2023
Comment: New season, same story: A few key returnees, a handful of talented transfers, and a system that assimilates newcomers as well as any in the land.
From Seattle Times β Nov. 8, 2021
It features the singer in a wedding dress and bedazzled eyebrows, and its capacious aesthetic assimilates references to “Mean Girls” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” John Waters and Quentin Tarantino.
From New York Times β Aug. 26, 2021
NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
They may have assimilated all too well to the culture of academia and big cities.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 28, 2026
The current study shows that those who have assimilated more positive age beliefs often show improvement, Levy said.
From Science Daily β Jun. 21, 2026
Tom, whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a boy, is a thoroughly assimilated, tennis-obsessed Englishman who brings his own more conciliatory perspective to the discussion as a British Jew.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 29, 2026
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon β Dec. 27, 2025
Today I hear bilingual educators say that children lose a degree of ‘individuality’ by becoming assimilated into public society.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
“What are young immigrants assimilating to?” he asks.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 1, 2026
Like a lot of veterans, he had trouble assimilating into the civilian world.
From Slate β Jan. 13, 2026
America is also better at assimilating immigrants than most countries, and the immigrants we tend to attract generally work very hard.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 17, 2024
So, it's not just about filter bubbles on social media but also about an innate way of assimilating information.
From Science Daily β Feb. 15, 2024
Returning to District 8 or assimilating into another district would be impossible.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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