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Recent Examples of naturalized
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
22 June 2026
In May, the Justice Department moved to strip a dozen people of their naturalized citizenship.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship.
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Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
While serving in the National Guard, Noel became a naturalized citizen, worked several jobs, and earned an associate’s degree.
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Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was arrested in New South Wales in 2022, and is pending extradition to the US.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
Mecklenburg County saw a decrease in its non-citizens versus naturalized immigrants, when compared to the previous five-year survey from 2015-2019.
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Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2026
Mamdani, a naturalized American citizen who was born in Uganda, has been critical of ICE for many years.
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Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2026
Espaillat, who is a naturalized citizen himself, said his office has been flooded by people dealing with the uncertainty.
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Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Current and former military service members who are applying to become naturalized citizens, though, are still eligible for fee exemptions.
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Chantelle Lee,
Time,
22 June 2026
In May, the Justice Department moved to strip a dozen people of their naturalized citizenship.
—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship.
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Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
While serving in the National Guard, Noel became a naturalized citizen, worked several jobs, and earned an associate’s degree.
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Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was arrested in New South Wales in 2022, and is pending extradition to the US.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
Mecklenburg County saw a decrease in its non-citizens versus naturalized immigrants, when compared to the previous five-year survey from 2015-2019.
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Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2026
Mamdani, a naturalized American citizen who was born in Uganda, has been critical of ICE for many years.
—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2026
Espaillat, who is a naturalized citizen himself, said his office has been flooded by people dealing with the uncertainty.
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Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
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Some transplanted hair sheds in the first weeks.
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The successful transplant was remarkable at the time because dialysis, which helps a patient survive until a compatible donor is found, had not yet been developed; and because immunosuppressants had not been developed to protect the transplanted kidney from rejection.
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Reiner also adopted Tracy Reiner, 61, the daughter of his first wife, the late actress and filmmaker Penny Marshall.
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Born in China, she was adopted to the Bay Area and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Film Studies.
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The crowd was filled with Knicks fans, many of whom bought tickets from 76ers’ supporters who were accustomed to postseason disappointment.
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These companies have been accustomed to selling products that emerged from lab work 10 or 20 years before and are now trying to speed up the commercialization timelines to suit an era of more advanced robotics and AI.
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They have been introduced in other waters and, like nonnative blue catfish, are thriving in several tidal rivers, such as Virginia’s James River.
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Lee’s priorities include expanding civic engagement and language accessibility, with an aim to demystify legal proceedings for students and nonnative English speakers.
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But the semiaquatic rodents are only reluctantly domesticated.
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Study co-author and geologist Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Spain rules out cooking within Wonderwerk because fire was only opportunistically brought there—it was not domesticated yet.
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In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.
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With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated.
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In the past, it's been falsely linked with everything from hurricanes to floods, wildfires and alien abductions.
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Inspired by the alien invasion genre and slacker hang out movies, the film is about a group of friends standing up against an alien invasion that threatens to swallow the whole world.
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According to Dallas, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert may negotiate pre-development agreements on prospective sites and has appropriated up to $3 million in funds for that work.
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Federal officials have allocated millions of dollars to the project through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, while Congress appropriated $40 million last year to purchase statues.
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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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