assimilation

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

That was due in part to assimilation of the Ashkenazi population -- forced and otherwise -- in the Soviet Union, the United States and Israel, where Hebrew is the official language.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Now, after 60 or so years of LGBTQ+ activism in the United States, straight-presenting white gay citizens who marry have gotten a taste of middle-class assimilation.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

Her family’s distress increased in the late 1890s as the U.S. government intensified its push for the culmination of its assimilation campaign: allotment.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann