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assimilation

[uh-sim-uh-ley-shuhn] / əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən /




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Months earlier I’d moved from an east-of-Eastside suburb to Los Feliz, where the quickest path to assimilation appeared to be the one I could cut across my forehead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

About 36 percent of their annual carbon assimilation occurred after growth had already stopped in late summer.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

His assimilation into the U.S. has been a smashing success.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

But critics believe this new law will cement Xi's push toward assimilation.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

Some of us may have lost our “mother tongue,” as my nanni used to call it, but the custom of tameez—respect—for elders stays strong, despite decades of assimilation.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The broader truth of the recent waves of immigration, the truth of a million small assimilations and adjustments, was easily lost in the tabloid terrors.

From The New Yorker Jun. 29, 2016

These little quirks of idiom not only give the poem force and freshness, they seem to suggest the assimilations that the speakers are already sharing.

From The Guardian Jun. 28, 2010

"Over time you get a bunch of little assimilations."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is possible to make a long list of Frank's sources and assimilations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The life of nations depends upon constant change, the great producer of mixtures and assimilations.

From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas




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