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Recent Examples of naturalized
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Shortly after his arrival in Cambodia, Chen became a naturalized Cambodian citizen – an option available to applicants who donate $250,000 to the state.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Individuals who have become naturalized citizens could still be flagged by the system as ineligible to vote.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
For naturalized citizens, the stakes may be even higher.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But the tech world is dominated by Americans and people who’ve become naturalized Americans.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and became a naturalized American citizen after graduating from college, cast himself as the embodiment of the resistance against the president, who has pursued an aggressive, anti-immigrant agenda during his second term.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Shortly after his arrival in Cambodia, Chen became a naturalized Cambodian citizen – an option available to applicants who donate $250,000 to the state.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Individuals who have become naturalized citizens could still be flagged by the system as ineligible to vote.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
For naturalized citizens, the stakes may be even higher.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But the tech world is dominated by Americans and people who’ve become naturalized Americans.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
Verb
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Now, for about five years, she's adopted the method for herself.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many use-of-force policies adopted by police departments endorse that principle.—
Ben Jones,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And governments abroad accustomed to Trump’s lack of predictability now face a president whose entire philosophy toward foreign interventionism appears to have turned on a dime.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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That should be pretty uncomfortable for players accustomed to playing in sunny Los Angeles.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Watching transplanted hair fall out felt counterintuitive, but trusting the timeline made all the difference.—
Will Jones,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
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In the first weeks, the transplanted hairs usually shed.—
Wyles Daniel,
Freep.com,
25 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The research is shedding light on the complexities around determining when dogs were domesticated and began living alongside humans.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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Both of these iconic pets have been domesticated – evolved and adapted to live alongside humans – for millennia.—
Hannah Chinn,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Typically, nonnative species are introduced to areas accidentally through cargo or escapes from captivity.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Erie Canal and its adjacent feeder rivers and reservoirs likely enabled two voracious nonnative species, the Atlantic sea lamprey and alewife, to enter the Great Lakes ecosystem.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a 40-page filing to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the administration insisted that being forced to spend money Congress has already appropriated is a graver injury than the hunger and disruption that would follow from withholding it.—
James Sample,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
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In his signing statement, the President appropriated the arguments put forward by the bill’s champions.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Fincke and Yui familiarized Williams with space station hardware, operations and systems.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
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The singer is already fluent in Spanish and Catalan, but familiarized herself with 12 other languages, including English, Latin, Italian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Arabic, Sicilian, Mandarin, Hebrew, Portuguese, and French — just to name a few.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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