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assimilate

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




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It could be a long season ahead but we cannot expect 10 new players to assimilate immediately.

From BBC 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 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 May 7, 2026

Like any other hive mind, the Others have a biological imperative to assimilate the immune, whether the immune wants to be integrated or not.

From Salon Dec. 29, 2025

The instruction was intended to assimilate Mollie into white society and transform her into what the authorities conceived of as the ideal woman.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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 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 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 Nov. 8, 2021

There it contributes to partial melting of crustal rock, and thus it assimilates much more felsic material.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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

The current study shows that those who have assimilated more positive age beliefs often show improvement, Levy said.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

“I assimilated into a Jewish-inflected America,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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 Apr. 29, 2026

“I think that that bump up in the last 10 years still hasn’t been properly assimilated into the public conversation,” said Nathan Wilmers, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

Much of Greek culture had been assimilated by the Romans, but they had found the concept of discovery indigestible, and it is unlikely that Vergil, trained to think like a Roman, would have responded differently.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“What are young immigrants assimilating to?” he asks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Like a lot of veterans, he had trouble assimilating into the civilian world.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

They, too, shifted from plant-based to fungal-based food webs as the main source of their energy, assimilating more than 50 percent brown carbon under warming conditions, compared to 26 percent at control sites.

From Science Daily Jan. 3, 2024

For her, the Christmas ritual is a way to connect with the majority without assimilating into it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2023

When people, plants, and animals die, they stop assimilating C14.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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