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as in to compare
to describe as similar
assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine
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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
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as in to integrate
to make a part of a body or system
social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community
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Regardless of how hermetic writing might seem, one thing that writers are dealing with a lot more in the current entertainment climate is the ability to assimilate a lot of different voices from a lot of different camps.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
These and other facts punctuated the second report on the troubled legacy of Indian boarding school policies and the federal government's attempt to assimilate tribes by removing children as young as age 4 to military-style schools.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The pressure to assimilate and fit in can also take a toll, as Latina teens may feel the need to suppress their cultural identities so their peers or society at large accept them.
—Deborah Cruz, Parents, 2 July 2024
Immigrants erroneously seen as slow to assimilate (for instance, the Irish in the nineteenth century and Central Americans today) in fact assimilate the fastest.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
These and other facts punctuated the second report on the troubled legacy of Indian boarding school policies and the federal government's attempt to assimilate tribes by removing children as young as age 4 to military-style schools.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The pressure to assimilate and fit in can also take a toll, as Latina teens may feel the need to suppress their cultural identities so their peers or society at large accept them.
—Deborah Cruz, Parents, 2 July 2024
Immigrants erroneously seen as slow to assimilate (for instance, the Irish in the nineteenth century and Central Americans today) in fact assimilate the fastest.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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“Assimilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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