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as in compares
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 understands
to have a clear idea of
still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
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as in integrates
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 Synonyms for assimilates
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The other trial compares the same proprietary cannabis elixir with opioids, revealing that patients who used the elixir experienced fewer gastrointestinal side effects like constipation than when using painkillers.—
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The fresh process takes criminal DNA samples and compares them across public databases to check for relational matches.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Even if no one understands the movie reference, this is still a fun look for Halloween night.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Landau understands and supports not just Bruce’s vision but Bruce himself, which is how Nebraska, so bleak and bewitching, eventually emerges into the world.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Months ago, a paper proposed a novel coarse-to-fine framework that integrates visual and force feedback for robust and efficient peg-in-hole operations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The film integrates a mélange of television to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen – the Vietnam War, The Price Is Right, President Richard Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Walter Cronkite, and The Waltons.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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That's because the language of the bill equates universal free fares with policies that instruct bus drivers not to request fares from passengers, which the transit agency implemented in 2022 to make buses safer.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Such pursuits may be the only way to shake off intellectual paralysis—the only way to remember what 2+2 actually equates.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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And the remaining steps of the plan—the disarming of Hamas, the fielding of an international security force, and the establishment of a governing committee of Palestinian technocrats—will be a challenge, for the simple reason that no one knows how to do any of them.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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Tilz Collection Herbs and Spices Advent Calendar Every chef knows that a meal isn’t complete without spices, and your family’s favorite cook will love this spread of premium spices.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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The journey there today regularly incorporates creature comforts that were inconceivable even two decades ago.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Strangers also incorporates parts of the Keddie Cabin Murders, reports Screen Rant, in which four people were killed in a small resort town in California.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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My body no longer deciphers its signals correctly.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2017, Garavani was also inducted into the American Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame, becoming the first European fashion designer to receive the honor, which recognizes visionaries and achievers across various fields.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Momcozy recognizes these concerns and has prioritized safety with the nasal aspirator’s 6-second auto mist-off feature, thereby only producing as much mist as is needed to gently loosen and remove mucus without causing the baby discomfort or harm.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Assimilates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilates. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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