assimilated

past tense of assimilate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of assimilated The news comes after Prime Video assimilated MX Player into its service earlier this year. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Something Sculptural As the name would suggest, the Rodin stool from Arhaus has a sculptural appeal—it can be easily assimilated into a sophisticated bar setup, or used to dress up a more casual breakfast bar. Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 17 Aug. 2026 The trio has assimilated perfectly, down to their graying wigs. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Many of these children not only survived, but learned the skills and lifeways of their captors, often becoming fully assimilated into the cultures that had once seemed utterly foreign. Literary Hub, 8 July 2026 Chef Kevin Liao also distinguishes the kitchen with his illuminating Toisanese specialties, a regional subgenre of Cantonese cuisine either rarely seen in Los Angeles or so deeply assimilated into more generalized Cantonese menus that its distinctions are hard to parse. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Those students will be assimilated into their home campuses. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026 Another appearance in print occurs in 1880, in the memoirs of a Canadian missionary called Sheldon Jackson—also a prominent founder of schools where Native children were forcibly assimilated. Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026 The growth of colonial Australian society came at the expense of the Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who were often dispossessed of their land, exposed to foreign diseases, and either pushed into marginal areas or forcibly assimilated into European culture. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilated
Verb
  • Drones or fragments of them were found on Romanian territory 27 times so far this year, the ministry said, a significant increase compared with the 16 such discoveries in all of 2025.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Yet invoice finance remains significantly underused compared with traditional lending.
    Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • How these two investments caught fire can be understood in the context of several developments this week.
    Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • As American record companies had long understood, these made London an ideal launchpad for pop-culture trends.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The home features wood floors and a sunken living room anchored by a stone fireplace, and Kislin’s designs are integrated throughout.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
  • These existing programs can be integrated into NYCG, improving food access and health outcomes.
    Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Some visitors say paying respects at Yasukuni carries a spiritual meaning that should not be equated with endorsing war.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People like to knock Nolan’s screenwriting, which is often equated with dialogue.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The studio knew how to attract attention and involve players in the development process.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • At the vigil for what would have been Wells’ 19th birthday on Wednesday, Sharpton said questions about what the friends knew and why the phone and keys were not immediately relinquished should be litigated.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The work is being built around a modular open systems approach, allowing newer technologies to be incorporated without requiring a complete redesign of the aircraft.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The agency issued nonbinding guidelines for dosing studies in 2024 and has incorporated Project Optimus principles into the approval process for new cancer drugs, said Health and Human Services spokesperson Emily Hilliard.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Uncertainty notwithstanding, the longevity world has glommed onto the notion that the vaginal microbiome is some kind of exotic tealeaf that can be deciphered—and perfected by purchasing the right supplements.
    Sarah DiGregorio, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
  • Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The city also recognized the frustration some residents had following the July 18 bus crash and encouraged them to submit formal claims.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Ethel Caterham, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person, shared a message with ABC News to mark her birthday.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Assimilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilated. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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