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naturalize

[nach-er-uh-lahyz, nach-ruh-] / ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪz, ˈnætʃ rə- /
VERB
confer citizenship upon
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Nearly a dozen of my cousins left their native-born countries to come to the U.S. and eventually naturalize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2025

County were legal permanent residents eligible to naturalize as of May 2024, according to U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

The fee to naturalize would have risen from $640 to $1,160 for online applications, with an additional $10 for a paper application.

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Many more permanent residents in such battleground states are likely to naturalize in coming years.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

The social and technological process by which we establish facts becomes invisible to us because we naturalize it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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