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Recent Examples of acculturation
Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing.
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Far from being an act of resistance, could de-skilling actually grease the wheels of avant-garde acculturation, facilitating the movement of capital into every last nook and cranny of cultural production, even the most seemingly resistant?
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
More acculturation also means such second-generation Asian Americans place a greater emphasis on the individual than on the collective, Ng said.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 15 June 2024
This daily traffic encouraged some acculturation to English tastes and ways of life.
—Renaud Morieux, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2015
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Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Far from being an act of resistance, could de-skilling actually grease the wheels of avant-garde acculturation, facilitating the movement of capital into every last nook and cranny of cultural production, even the most seemingly resistant?
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
More acculturation also means such second-generation Asian Americans place a greater emphasis on the individual than on the collective, Ng said.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 15 June 2024
This daily traffic encouraged some acculturation to English tastes and ways of life.
—Renaud Morieux, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturation
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In June 2024, the owners went public about their need for a lease adjustment from their landlord, Pruneyard Shopping Centers owner Regency Centers.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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In practice, the remaining payments would most likely be handled in accordance to the probate and intestacy laws of a claimant’s state.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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Princess Beatrice and her sister Eugenie will be able to retain their royal titles thanks to an accordance with King George V’s Letters Patent of 1917.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mentee’s progress in vision-language-action models, large-scale simulation, and advanced Sim2Real transfer directly complements Mobileye’s autonomy platform, improving generalization, accelerating development, and enabling faster adaptation to new environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The changes also allowed Mingo to step out of the shadows cast by André DeShields and Richard Pryor, who played the Wiz in the original Broadway show and 1978 movie adaptation, and make the role his own.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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In congruence with solid fundamentals, rates are expected to drop at least another 25 basis points, with other estimates showing 2-3 cuts in 2025.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Many chains are finding that fewer stores are better, and have been shutting down locations to maintain quality and brand congruence.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Samsung designed the sensor to push physical limits while maintaining strong light absorption and signal accuracy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The new class of acting talent is choosing non-conformity—taking Old Hollywood glamour, and totally flipping it on its head.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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Curth directed students to write a 650-word response to an academic study that examined whether conformity with gender norms was associated with popularity or bullying among middle school students.—
John Hanna,
Twin Cities,
23 Dec. 2025
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The inspector ensures conformance with building plans, specifications, codes, ordinances and standards.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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The fees bring the development in conformance with Oceanside’s new, higher minimum of 15% affordable housing.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Acculturation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturation. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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