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as in compared
to describe as similar
assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine
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as in understood
to have a clear idea of
still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
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as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system
social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community
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Recent Examples of assimilated
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.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Those students will be assimilated into their home campuses.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Gombrowicz never really ‘assimilated’ to life in Argentina, partly due to the unique and unprecedented circumstances that brought him there in the first place, but also because of his naturally irreverent and at times even childish attitude towards literary establishment.
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Literary Hub,
11 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.
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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.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
His steely aide-de-camp, Mauricio Corredor (also based on a historical figure), is of Rarámuri heritage but has assimilated into Mexican culture.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
She was assimilated into the suburban New England life in America.
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Benjamin Vanhoose,
PEOPLE,
12 Nov. 2025
New York was built by immigrants such as Italians, Irish and lately, Hispanics, many of whom assimilated into the fabric of the city and eventually became woven into the culture.
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Armando Salguero Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Those students will be assimilated into their home campuses.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Gombrowicz never really ‘assimilated’ to life in Argentina, partly due to the unique and unprecedented circumstances that brought him there in the first place, but also because of his naturally irreverent and at times even childish attitude towards literary establishment.
—
Literary Hub,
11 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
His steely aide-de-camp, Mauricio Corredor (also based on a historical figure), is of Rarámuri heritage but has assimilated into Mexican culture.
—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
She was assimilated into the suburban New England life in America.
—
Benjamin Vanhoose,
PEOPLE,
12 Nov. 2025
New York was built by immigrants such as Italians, Irish and lately, Hispanics, many of whom assimilated into the fabric of the city and eventually became woven into the culture.
—
Armando Salguero Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilated
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The Netherlands has maintained about 70% possession with three shots on goal, compared with Tunisia’s one, and 306 accurate passes, compared with Tunisia's 111.
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Transits tripled to 93 last weekend compared with the prior comparable period, according to ship-tracking data provider MarineTraffic, but remain far below pre-war levels when more than 100 ships transited the strait each day.
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Many of us have long understood that putting your country’s main creative engine inside a techno-dominant machine was probably never going to end well for creativity.
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For reasons that aren't yet fully understood, the results sometimes differ from previous events.
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The structural glazing is cleverly integrated into the hull and superstructure, with each pane of glass uniquely shaped and tinted to blend seamlessly with the steel and aluminum.
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After President Harry Truman integrated our military in 1948, the Army tried the color-blind approach.
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A lot of people equated cruelty with strength, and a lot of them aren’t going to be able to come back from that.
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Happiness is equated early on to alpine hamlets ensconced between verdant mountains carved by pristine waterfalls.
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Dominion sued the businessman in 2021, alleging that Lindell knew there was no evidence to support his election conspiracy theories, but used the lies to sell pillows.
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Their agents also knew this and assuredly would have shared that risk assessment with their clients (especially for Veesaar and Evans, both of whom are repped by The Team — formerly Wasserman — an agency that sent multiple potential first-round picks back to school this draft cycle).
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In a previous life, the wooden crate had been used by artist Robert Rauschenberg, widely regarded as the father of assemblage art in the United States, to house and transport his paintings before Basquiat incorporated it into his own work.
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According to the complaint, New Day Horizons was incorporated months before the transfer and existed primarily to receive title to the property.
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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.
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The signature was deciphered with the help of AI, and specialists at auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm that Cadell was the artist.
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The Chicago White Sox recognized their division-winning 1983 club with several members from that team on the field before Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Royals.
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Related Stories With this recognition, announced as the seven-day event wrapped on June 27 with its prize ceremony, Colombia joins the ranks of Japan, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Mexico and Brazil, all previously recognized as countries of honor.
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“Assimilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilated. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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