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Recent Examples of socialize
They're socialized to be agreeable and more likely to seek therapy, says psychoanalyst Stern.
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
For older sharks, the authors said, socializing may not be as integral to survival.
—Brady Dennis The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
According to Gregory, this depends heavily on how the llama is raised and socialized, as well as its natural demeanor.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
This was in the period when the Covid-19 lockdown had only just been lifted and people were reacclimating to socializing.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
For older sharks, the authors said, socializing may not be as integral to survival.
—Brady Dennis The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
According to Gregory, this depends heavily on how the llama is raised and socialized, as well as its natural demeanor.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
This was in the period when the Covid-19 lockdown had only just been lifted and people were reacclimating to socializing.
—CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialize
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Bar Tab Taran Dugal mingles at a West Village art-salon-cocktail-lounge.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Zangara, who had purchased the pistol for $8 at a local pawnshop, mingled among a record crowd of 25,000 people who had come to catch a glimpse of the famed FDR.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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At times, the ideological beliefs of some militants were mixed with financial opportunism, a motivation shared also by some politicians and military officers.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s a rule in quantum physics that all identical quantum states are indistinguishable from one another, and that enables them to mix together.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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This distinction was missing both from popular discourse, the academics felt, and from an influential definition of antisemitism associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which lists numerous examples of antisemitism related to criticism of Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Berseth did not respond to a phone message or to an email or letter sent to addresses apparently associated with her.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Socialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialize. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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