acculturate

verb

Definition of acculturatenext
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. — Time, 30 Sep. 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturate
  1. accustom
  2. habituate
  3. naturalize
  4. condition
  5. intermingle
  6. commingle
Verb
  • As an Australian, six-time Olympian Mary Hanna is accustomed to traveling long distances with horses.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently, since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of accustom
Verb
  • Both lures are intended to attract bears while not providing them with actual food that can habituate them to humans.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of habituate
Verb
  • For example, Social Security's citizenship data often isn't updated when people naturalize, and the SAVE data system, operated by USCIS, frequently doesn't include records for people who became citizens as minors when their parents naturalized.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The plants are also known for their ability to multiply and naturalize.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of naturalize
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  • The formula is also packed with moisture-binding ingredients, including sodium lactate, PCA, and sodium PCA, alongside conditioning polymers that boost shine, softness, and manageability.
    — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The room in its entirety is tasked with conditioning the work; in this sense, all the work in the museum becomes site-specific.
    — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of condition
Verb
  • The urban-wildland interface — where human development intermingles with wild places such as scrublands, grasslands and forests — is the fastest-growing land-use type in the United States.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While the celebrations had to be taken indoors due to rain and speeches were intermingled with thunder, the school’s new gymnasium was packed with smiling families, students and area school officials on Thursday afternoon.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of intermingle
Verb
  • The brand’s all-inclusive family resorts don't all commingle in the same few mega-popular destinations.
    — Gina Kramer, USA Today, 25 July 2026
  • Poor documentation, commingling funds or informal decision-making can weaken that protection.
    — Blake Harris, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of commingle

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