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Recent Examples of naturalized
Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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
Adjective
For naturalized citizens, the stakes may be even higher.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalized
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Research suggests that adopted children tend to benefit from knowing their birth family, their history, and their birth parents’ reasons for seeking adoption.—
Nicole Chung,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Fox News affiliate, KMSP-TV, revealed that he was previously convicted of sending explicit images to a 15-year-old and was reportedly adopted from Liberia at age five.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sally was accustomed to the dense whitetail cover back in Michigan, and this didn’t look right to her.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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Until Saturday, Scott — accustomed to wearing prison blue — had two shirts and two pairs of pants, but Sanders took him to Ross Dress for Less for some colorful, new clothes.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The structure of the transplanted hair grows according to the characteristics of the donor area from which it is taken.—
Wyles Daniel,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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By the third month, the transplanted hair usually begins to grow, bigger results are often achieved after the sixth month, and the final image appears in about a year.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the time, livestock had yet to be domesticated, and camel herds still ran wild.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
30 Sep. 2025
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At its Himalayan Botanical Garden, plants such as gentian are domesticated for research and cosmetics applications, reducing destructive wild harvesting while supporting biodiversity.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 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
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These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The eel, along with other invasive species, are gaining more of a foothold in the southeastern United States, causing concern among resource and wildlife managers, along with state and local agencies tasked with minimizing adverse effects of nonnative plants and animals.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some states began killing the nonnative swans over the animal welfare groups’ objections.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Antideficiency Act, first passed in 1870, forbids the federal government from spending money not appropriated by Congress, and guides much of what the federal government can and can’t do during a shutdown.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.—
Lazaro Gamio,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Like a fireside chat with FDR, this tradition familiarized the man.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Naturalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalized. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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