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verb

past tense of naturalize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of naturalized
Adjective
This could upend the application process for green card holders hoping to become naturalized citizens. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 But the tech world is dominated by Americans and people who’ve become naturalized Americans. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 Involuntary Denaturalization And The Exit Tax For naturalized citizens with significant assets or income or tax noncompliance, denaturalization carries an additional risk. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
Verb
  • But only a small percentage of people who used The Browser Company’s Arc adopted the program’s special features.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The pair have since married and adopted twin children.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And one of these, for those of us accustomed to British conventions but who follow the game in continental Europe, is the simple passage of time.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Stray Kids return to the United Kingdom’s charts this week with brand new album Karma, and the set proves to be a strong seller in its opening frame – something the band is accustomed to.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mulch new or transplanted perennials with a 1- to 2-inch layer of compost, pine bark, or pine straw to help conserve moisture.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Therefore, the transplanted cells integrated well, and the patients’ bodies were able to produce insulin naturally for the first time in years.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Corn was domesticated in south central Mexico around 9,000 years ago and was an essential ingredient in Aztec civilization.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Because Tibetan antelopes can’t be domesticated, poachers often kill them, extract the fur, and leave the carcasses behind.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Some states began killing the nonnative swans over the animal welfare groups’ objections.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The legislature appropriated $147 million this past session to protect current families using the vouchers.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One user appropriated the monologue as an origin story for Fozzie Bear.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Like a fireside chat with FDR, this tradition familiarized the man.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • As Switzer familiarized himself with the team, at the same time, some players took advantage of the new environment.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The first two matches this season provided contrasting evidence as to whether Wieffer, after a difficult debut campaign with Brighton, is getting to grips with a position that was alien to him in his native Netherlands.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Coming up with an answer forces us to speculate about alien motives.
    Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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