naturalized 1 of 2

adjective

as in introduced

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verb

past tense of naturalize
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as in adopted

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as in accustomed

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Recent Examples of naturalized
Adjective
For naturalized citizens facing a federal criminal investigation, immigration consequences should never be viewed as an afterthought. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Berterame is a native of Argentina but became a naturalized Mexican citizen in 2024 and represents the Mexican national team. — Michelle Kaufman august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 Investigators say Scott is a naturalized citizen of the United States who could have traveled back to his homeland of the Republic of Türkiye. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Some blasted the effort as a tactic meant to intimidate the country's more than 26 million naturalized citizens. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Current and former military service members who are applying to become naturalized citizens, though, are still eligible for fee exemptions. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 June 2026 About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship. — Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026 Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was arrested in New South Wales in 2022, and is pending extradition to the US. — 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. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
  1. transplanted
  2. adopted
  3. accustomed
  4. nonnative
  5. domesticated
  6. habituated
  7. alien
  8. appropriated
Adjective
  • Calcineurin Inhibitors Calcineurin inhibitors are commonly used after an organ transplant to prevent the immune system from attacking the transplanted organ.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026
  • When channels are created with unsuitable blades, angles, or placement, transplanted hair may grow in an unnatural direction or produce an overly uniform appearance.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of transplanted
Verb
  • About one third of its customers had adopted that safeguard, which will now become mandatory by year’s end.
    — Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of developing and emerging-market countries adopted nearly 200 emergency measures, including conservation mandates, fuel subsidies to tax suspensions, and emergency efforts to secure alternative supplies.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of adopted
Verb
  • Wall Street, which is accustomed to robust growth from Walmart, reacted swiftly to the lukewarm sales numbers, and the company’s stock plunged 9% Thursday.
    — Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Silicon Valley, previously accustomed to being feted with generous tax breaks, is now going on a charm offensive with marketing, community projects and local outreach, with mixed results.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of accustomed
Adjective
  • The immediate response should include recording how long ships have remained stationary, inspecting hulls, forecasting their first ports of call and expanding monitoring for nonnative species.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Aggressive plants have robust growth, can be native or nonnative, and are sometimes further classified as invasive.
    — Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonnative
Verb
  • Believed to have been domesticated thousands of years ago in parts of Africa and India, sesame is now grown throughout many warm regions of the world, including India, Sudan, Myanmar, China and several countries across the Middle East.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But centuries of casual display has domesticated the image of the cross.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of domesticated
Verb
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • In some cases, DEEP said loud noises are not effective at scaring away bears, especially ones that have already been habituated.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of habituated
Adjective
  • After tuning her up, Gosling flies through alien landscapes, including massive, skyscraper-sized geysers emerging from a planet’s ocean.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes her songs disorient from the jump, dropping you into an alien landscape or the middle of an argument.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of alien
Verb
  • In a world saturated with information, where every image is already endlessly recycled and re-appropriated, attention itself becomes a political act.
    — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Congress appropriated $257 million in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Kennedy Center repairs and renovations.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of appropriated

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