as in understandings
the act or process of learning or gaining understanding
The dog's rapid assimilation of new tricks pleased his owners.
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Recent Examples of assimilations
Some K-pop songs, just in their surface-level presentation, put their cross-cultural assimilations up front.
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Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilations
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At the same time, Muslim groups like Council on American-Islamic Relations and national interfaith coalitions such as Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign have worked with Christians to challenge these portrayals and promote more nuanced understandings of Islam.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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Key terms of the deal remain secret, and parties appeared to have different understandings.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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But getting folks to understand that involves getting engaged with others in the region to share those perceptions.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Participants retrieved richer, more vivid details, including recollections of specific places, emotions and sensory perceptions.—
Utkarsh Gupta,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
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The reality of actual recordings of terror victims in India is placed alongside dramatic realizations wherein Hamza recalls coming across the perpetrators mid Muslim call to prayer, framing the enemy as Islam at large.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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One of Katz’s realizations is that the pass is a business tool in need of rejuvenation.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Assimilations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilations. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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