as in to accustom
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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
Verb
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Eric is charming, calculating, and accustomed to always getting his way at all costs.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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For frequent travelers accustomed to efficiency, the idea of arriving at the airport half a day early can feel untenable.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Many wanted to partake in this life (preferably on the inside of the buildings), and some prominent influencers—such as the manosphere’s high priest of misogyny and homosociality, Andrew Tate—have moved here and seem ready to naturalize.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 11% are noncitizen immigrants and 17% are naturalized citizens, according to KFF’s analysis of federal data.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Assemblyman Avelino Valencia, whose district includes Angel Stadium, has introduced state legislation that could require any sale or new lease of the stadium property be conditioned upon the team reverting to the Anaheim Angels name.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of the best tips from this podcast was how to condition all the various call surfaces.—
Scott Einsmann,
Outdoor Life,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Metaphors, absurdities and seriousness intermingle in this production from New Forms LA and directed by Marissa Pattullo.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Repeat cutting a few of the oldest branches at a time for the next couple of years until there’s adequate new growth intermingling with the old growth.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The threat by Tehran puts at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, particularly as the desert nations commingle their power stations with desalination plants crucial for supplying drinking water.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Instead, we were greeted by patchworks in which trees that had perished and trees that had been only partially burned commingled with those that appeared completely untouched.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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