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Recent Examples of acculturation
When deciding where to pour advertising dollars, Democrats must dig in and understand that Latino media habits often are driven by age and acculturation.
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Sylvia Salazar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Factors like generational perspective, region of origin, acculturation level and shifting identity expressions all share what resonates.
—Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
This daily traffic encouraged some acculturation to English tastes and ways of life.
—Renaud Morieux, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2015
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Sylvia Salazar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Factors like generational perspective, region of origin, acculturation level and shifting identity expressions all share what resonates.
—Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Liberal means generous, broad-minded, tolerant, worldly, seeking acculturation and education, and using government to aid collective human flourishing.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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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The biggest adjustment, according to Birmingham, was to get the cast and crew comfortable with the hydrogen plant at Longcross.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Current robots can gather data quickly, but aren’t smart enough to understand the science behind the results or make immediate adjustments to improve the process.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His heart can beat rapidly or stop completely, and his chest can rise and fall in accordance with his heartbeat.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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In accordance with the county’s noncooperation policy, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the county’s jail, did not honor a 2023 federal detention request to hold Jalloh in pretrial detention until ICE could assume custody.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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Wilson is also an actress, with roles on Yellowstone and in the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
22 Apr. 2026
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Robert Lantos has brought us together with Christopher Hampton’s wonderful adaptation of Embers.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Particularly in gender-affirming care, however, reduction of the laryngeal prominence can improve psychological well-being and body congruence for some patients.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 Mar. 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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The body also becomes less efficient at absorption with age.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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Fiber, paired with protein, keeps things moving and also helps with protein absorption.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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But the First Amendment does not permit the government to enforce ideological conformity.—
Jeffrey S. Trimbath,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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To reject any anomaly, anything mysterious or unusual, Kawamura suggests, is to succumb to a soul-crushing, self-serving conformity—and to withhold possibilities of decency, discovery, and love that make any game worth playing, life very much included.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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His starting point was not optimism about the likelihood of human agreement but a sober recognition of its unlikelihood.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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While classes will remain in session, CPS reached an agreement last week to provide transportation to students who chose to participate in an afternoon rally, and to allow teachers to implement a curriculum on civic engagement.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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At the preliminary review, the applicant team was asked to return with renderings showing the house alongside its neighbors to show bulk and scale and conformance to community character.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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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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“Acculturation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturation. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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