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Recent Examples of naturalize
Americans can naturalize in other countries without risking loss of their American citizenship.
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
The United States is one of many countries that permits its citizens to hold dual nationality, whether acquired by the wonderful choice to naturalize or by virtue of birth.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
These spring-blooming bulbs naturalize easily and spread through self-seeding and new offsets that form on the bulbs underground.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
The Friday memo from USCIS said officers must now weigh not just any disqualifying behavior but whether those seeking to naturalize are in good standing in their community.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
The United States is one of many countries that permits its citizens to hold dual nationality, whether acquired by the wonderful choice to naturalize or by virtue of birth.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
These spring-blooming bulbs naturalize easily and spread through self-seeding and new offsets that form on the bulbs underground.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
The Friday memo from USCIS said officers must now weigh not just any disqualifying behavior but whether those seeking to naturalize are in good standing in their community.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalize
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Large technology firms are driving the most advanced and financially meaningful AI integration, while consumer and industrial companies are adopting the technology more selectively to improve efficiency.—
Lee Ying Shan,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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According to the resolution adopted at the time, a housing trust fund maintained by the city will receive dollars from various sources ranging from the city's general fund to private-sector contributions.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The infection took longer in orbit because microgravity is an unfamiliar stressor to which both microbes must adapt, the researchers suggest.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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And perhaps no one brand better exemplifies the nation's work than Track Trailer and its Tvan, a little 'drop trailer that's been domesticating the Outback for over a quarter-century.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2026
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To how landscape is being domesticated and regenerated, so there’s a very poetic look into what a landscape could be.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday, the Senate passed a broad bipartisan bill on housing, which seeks to adjust policies to increase construction and limit institutional ownership of home development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Acting in a movie involves a lot of waiting around, too—as the crew repositions cameras and adjusts the lighting, among other things—and those lulls provided me with plenty of time to feel queasy with anxiety.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The city is one of a handful in Florida to have a triple bond rating, which lets the city borrow money at a cheaper rate for projects.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes that meant borrowing from siblings and restyling items into something that looked like his own.—
J.M. Banks
March 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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Auriemma said from the beginning of the season that no one on this year’s team could fully fill that role, and finding new leadership would be a process for players accustomed to relying on Bueckers.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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Their combination of size, speed, agility and aggression sets them apart from other invasive reptiles that Floridians may be accustomed to seeing in their backyards.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Where American Islamophobes in the past two decades have tended to demand that Muslims assimilate or denounce particular people or views, Ogles is taking a categorial approach.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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There was a time when people would immigrate to this country and work hard to learn English and assimilate into society.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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With last year’s cryptocurrency rout, this tax season may be a good time to familiarize yourself with this tactic.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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In addition to knowing your growing zone, familiarize yourself with how long your local growing season is, which will indicate when your plants should go in the ground, says Renee Pottle, creator of SeedtoPantry and author of The Confident Canner.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Naturalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalize. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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