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assimilation

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




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For her, assimilation took the form of middle-class attainment: a nice home, Coach purses and a leased C-Class Mercedes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Michael Carrick had a neat way of describing Benjamin Sesko's assimilation into life at Manchester United.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Thus, Coogler’s vampire story doubles as a parable about cultural appropriation and assimilation, one among many readings he incorporates into the movie.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

A Jewish museum could offer far more insight, including into Hanukkah’s origins, which may be relevant to the museum’s own meandering conceptual history, with its tensions between cultural assimilation and religious identity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 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




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