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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Noun
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Social scientists can develop accurate understandings of how Americans really feel about all sorts of issues.—
Adam Bai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025 -
And the United States has been increasingly one-sided in backing Taiwan, chipping away at previous understandings reached with Beijing on cross-strait issues.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But contrary to often dominant perceptions, many were women and nonbinary.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
31 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, liberals had lower purchase intentions for Tesla vehicles than for other EVs, with lower purchase intentions associated with negative perceptions of the Tesla CEO.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From these revolutionary realizations, the notion of the expanding Universe was born.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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Directing, for him, is about guiding actors to their own realizations rather than dictating movement.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Assimilations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilations. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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