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assimilate

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




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"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

The British pound: Britain used to assimilate immigrants well, and this boosted both its population and productivity.

From MarketWatch Feb. 17, 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

As someone straddling languages and latitudes, Moura believes that international actors with career aspirations in the U.S. often try to assimilate, diluting themselves in the process.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

I had passed my limit of taking in or, like a man who goes on stuffing in food after he is filled, I felt helpless to assimilate what was fed in through my eyes.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

He has so far taken all the snaps with the first team, with mixed results, as he assimilates to new offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s system.

From Washington Times Aug. 2, 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

But immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Latin America, India and Eastern Europe and their more assimilated children won’t have any problems relating to the generational conflicts at the heart of this gentle comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 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 Dec. 27, 2025

During the same period, vampires were understood differently in the Black Sea region, where nomadic groups of people may have assimilated ideas from disparate sources, including Viking society and the cultures of the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

People had been coming in all day from the country, but they were assimilated in the town and you did not notice them.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

The U.S. has a strong record of assimilating newcomers, from Asians in San Francisco to Irish in New York to Cubans in Miami, and birthright citizenship has been part of that story.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Slate 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 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 Feb. 15, 2024

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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