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Recent Examples of naturalized
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
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
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Arlene adopted Aileen in 1991 Arlene and her husband, Robert, adopted Aileen in 1991, after she was arrested and incarcerated.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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It was officially adopted with a two-thirds vote requirement in 1917.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Earle-Sears’s blowout even stunned veteran operatives accustomed to Virginia’s blue tilt.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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Venezuelans got accustomed to dismissing it all as noise, just a pretext the dictatorship employed to stamp out civil rights.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The monoclonal antibody drug tegoprubart attempts to do this by blocking a pathway used by immune cells to communicate and organize an attack against the transplanted beta cells.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The clinical focus sits on direction and angulation so transplanted hair blends with natural whorls.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The ordinance says animals that aren't domesticated can't be kept or brought into the city unless the health commissioner allows it.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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This process is akin to how humans have domesticated plants and animals for millennia.—
Shraddha Lall,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 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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Many civilian employees at the base who are paid using funds appropriated by Congress have been furloughed and others that are deemed mission critical are currently working without pay.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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The money is there, appropriated.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Virtual and physical demonstrations and presentations familiarized the audience, a cross-section of entertainment, finance and technology pros, with the companies’ innovations and ambitions.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Throughout the scoring process, Middleton familiarized himself with the world of wilderness therapy and the troubled teen industry.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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