acculturating

Definition of acculturatingnext
present participle of acculturate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturating
Verb
  • Too many parents, probably unwittingly, are conditioning their kids to be afraid of losing.
    Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The administration’s hardline agenda has included opening FBI and Justice Department inquiries into hospitals and doctors, as well as conditioning the payment of huge sums of federal money to hospitals on prohibiting the care.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This magnetized ridge appears to funnel material and magnetic flux between the merging nuclei, further emphasizing the role of magnetic fields in governing the flow of matter during galactic collisions.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That's when former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson came up with a way to put on a fundraiser while merging UT's past and present.
    Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Advances in sequencing ancient DNA have revealed that over millenia, people have moved into new regions in successive waves, sometimes intermingling with local folk, sometimes replacing them entirely.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
  • 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, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The researchers achieved 61 percent accuracy with a single organoid but reached 83 percent when combining responses from an ensemble of three organoids.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This would have involved combining several negatives, either by printing them together in a darkroom or cutting and pasting and then rephotographing them.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Acculturating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturating. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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