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Recent Examples of acculturate
To us, acculturated to the darkened theater and the Hollywood spotlight, these techniques are familiar: too familiar.
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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
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
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
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
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
Inspired and/or appalled by the experiences of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, Barnes imagines a dialogue in which a Black duchess helps acculturate a Black duchess-to-be to her new position.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
Women are acculturated to have a lot of those skills to begin with.
—National Geographic, 17 June 2019
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
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
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
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
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
Inspired and/or appalled by the experiences of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, Barnes imagines a dialogue in which a Black duchess helps acculturate a Black duchess-to-be to her new position.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
Women are acculturated to have a lot of those skills to begin with.
—National Geographic, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturate
Verb
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But the way of work and life they are accustomed to ends up facing challenges.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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That’s because when fiber pulls water into the digestive tract, the tract expands, causing discomfort and bloating in people who aren’t accustomed to a normal fiber intake.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Campers were warned against leaving footwear outside their tents to avoid habituating the fox to humans.—
Ruffin Prevost,
AFAR Media,
18 July 2025
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Just like black bears, coyotes can be habituated and lose their natural fear of people through intentional or unintentional feeding.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Despite their growing numbers, Venezuelans remain among the least likely immigrant groups to be naturalized U.S. citizens.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
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The landmark amendment guaranteed citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., even former slaves.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Like everyone else raised as a girl, I was conditioned to believe that some beauties of the flesh were more vital than others.—
Akwaeke Emezi
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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According to Korb, this is essentially rewiring the brain for repeat behavior—your brain becomes conditioned to recognize and reward positive actions in others.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But the oil was leaving the surface intermingled with vast quantities of wet natural gas, which the companies often disposed of by burning it.—
Jacob Orledge,
ProPublica,
4 Aug. 2025
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In the guest rooms, expect dark greens intermingled with melon-orange tones and textiles sourced from small shops along the coast.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Millennials are commingling with Gen Xers and Gen Zers as the packed room overflows onto the street.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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These highways can change how animals are able to disperse and commingle.—
Elizabeth Carlen,
The Conversation,
3 July 2025
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