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Recent Examples of acculturate
Anne’s mother, Edith, continued to speak German, and, by all accounts, struggled to acculturate to her new environment.
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Time, 30 Sep. 2025
To us, acculturated to the darkened theater and the Hollywood spotlight, these techniques are familiar: too familiar.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The art world is acculturated to the notion that biennials should highlight new narratives but seems to presume that those artists must also be living and relatively young.
—Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024
But Roy believes that the situation today is different, because there is nothing for us to get acculturated to.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Ethnoburb immigrants are generally nonwhite, have minimal desire to acculturate into whiteness, and some of them are already educated and affluent.
—Bianca Mabute-Louie, ELLE, 9 Feb. 2023
Crews were prefabricated communities, able to accommodate the constant turnover of individuals and to acculturate new recruits on the job.
—James Belich, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
This growth is no longer coming from new immigrants naturalizing — it’s being driven by the birth of new generations of Latino and Hispanic Americans who are becoming further removed from the immigrant experience and, in turn, becoming assimilated and acculturated to the American experience.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Time, 30 Sep. 2025
To us, acculturated to the darkened theater and the Hollywood spotlight, these techniques are familiar: too familiar.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The art world is acculturated to the notion that biennials should highlight new narratives but seems to presume that those artists must also be living and relatively young.
—Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024
But Roy believes that the situation today is different, because there is nothing for us to get acculturated to.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Ethnoburb immigrants are generally nonwhite, have minimal desire to acculturate into whiteness, and some of them are already educated and affluent.
—Bianca Mabute-Louie, ELLE, 9 Feb. 2023
Crews were prefabricated communities, able to accommodate the constant turnover of individuals and to acculturate new recruits on the job.
—James Belich, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
This growth is no longer coming from new immigrants naturalizing — it’s being driven by the birth of new generations of Latino and Hispanic Americans who are becoming further removed from the immigrant experience and, in turn, becoming assimilated and acculturated to the American experience.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturate
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For beneficiaries accustomed to paying a $5 or $10 copay for their pharmaceuticals, a $50 copay could still be a big financial barrier.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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And they also got accustomed living their lives in front of their computer and not being in the workplace.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The wildlife team tends to the cubs while wearing bear suits to avoid habituating the cubs to humans.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Plants will slowly naturalize in woodland gardens through self-seeding.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 May 2026
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Over time, the bulbs naturalize and spread throughout the garden without any work on your end.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
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Celebrity hairstylist Kim Kimble suggests every two to three days, and adds that kinky, natural coily hair should be conditioned before shampooing.—
Aimee Simeon,
Glamour,
7 May 2026
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Is Proctor’s weight and conditioning a problem?—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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And the only sound was the crackling of the fire intermingled with our childlike giggle fits as the marshmallows filled our mouths.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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In cities like Los Angeles, immigrants' rights are intermingled with workers' rights during demonstrations.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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At MoCA, ten twentieth-century sculptures dedicated as monuments to the Lost Cause of the Confederacy commingle with a range of modern and contemporary works by nineteen artists and two collectives.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Directed by Michelle Risling and accompanied by Anna Juliar, Sorelle will perform compelling choral works that examine the idea of the sacred and secular elements that commingle with every human soul.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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