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as in to adopt
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as in to adapt
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Recent Examples of naturalize
Alvarado’s husband, Nixon Moran, 44, who was born in El Salvador, had been naturalized on March 19 after more than a decade of driving back and forth to long citizenship interviews.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
And deporting someone who retains their citizenship, whether naturalized or born in the United States, is plainly forbidden under existing law.
—Nik Popli, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
If Trump were to attempt to strip citizenship from people who were naturalized lawfully, legal experts say it would almost certainly be struck down as unconstitutional.
—Nik Popli, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
The amendment ensures that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
And deporting someone who retains their citizenship, whether naturalized or born in the United States, is plainly forbidden under existing law.
—Nik Popli, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
If Trump were to attempt to strip citizenship from people who were naturalized lawfully, legal experts say it would almost certainly be struck down as unconstitutional.
—Nik Popli, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
The amendment ensures that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalize
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Charvel said the budget problems for the ongoing fiscal year can also be blamed partly on the Trump administration, which has made economic moves that city officials say would have been hard to predict when the budget was adopted last summer.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Their imminent arrival means it’s never been more imperative to adopt a digital ecosystem that can extract and track your business data automatically for you.—
Kristin Savilia,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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This is a custom layer within the mattress designed to adapt and cradle sleepers at any position.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 May 2025
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Perhaps working in television has trained DeYoung to adapt to other’s sensibilities before insisting on his own.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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While some frogs call the great outdoors on six continents (excluding Antarctica) home, others are domesticated, kept as pets.—
Tracy Scott Forson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Tragically, these giant tortoises were almost all wiped out by humans (who ate them) along with their pests, particularly black and brown rats and domesticated goats (which competed for scarce food and destroyed the fragile habitat).—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
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Should Congress amend the Act, or the IOC/FIE change their standards, USA Fencing will adjust accordingly.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Leave a comment View Comments Also borrowing from nature is landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, whose proposal incorporates a replica of a centuries-old oak tree from Windsor Great Park, once the private hunting grounds of the late Queen’s former residence, Windsor Castle.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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These purchases are financed by the United States borrowing enormously from China so that China is now massive holder of U.S. debt.—
Ray Dalio,
Time,
9 May 2025
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For American leaders accustomed to quarterly performance pressures, Hou’s multi-year transformation reminds us that long-term strategic change demands sacrifice, not just slogans.—
Mark Greeven,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The open center is ideal for looping through hand towels or lighter bath sheets and the hooks are available in light and dark finishes to easily assimilate with your washroom’s color palette.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2025
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Furthermore, reformers considered window gardening as a practice that could help immigrants assimilate into American society.—
Sonja Dümpelmann,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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Day 1 Use the first half of your day to familiarize yourself with your riad hotel and the area it’s located in.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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The outgoing astronauts waited a few days to depart the station in order to help the new arrivals familiarize themselves with the orbital laboratory and station operations during a handover period.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Naturalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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