naturalize
Example Sentences
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Ratified in 1868, it states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”
He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on April 5, 2013.
In Boone County, where Lennon is the clerk, the count of flagged voters fell from 74 to 33 and the naturalized citizen who Lennon’s staff helped register was no longer on the list.
From Salon
“Is he a naturalized American citizen or native born?”
From Literature
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Red Bull, one of Gu’s sponsors, said on its website in 2022 that she had given up her U.S. passport and naturalized as a Chinese citizen to compete for China.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.