naturalizing

verb

present participle of naturalize
1
as in adopting

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2
as in accustoming

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalizing
  1. adopting
  2. adapting
  3. domesticating
  4. familiarizing
  5. borrowing
  6. adjusting
  7. usurping
  8. habituating
Verb
  • After losing Noodle, Graziano spent some time fostering dogs before adopting his current pug, Milton.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That positioning did not always speak to women who wanted the health and functional benefits of resistance training without adopting an extreme fitness identity.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of adopting
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  • As the front end accelerates, the downstream workflows responsible for adapting and validating that content are buckling under the pressure.
    — Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Harnest is adapting in its own way by taking cost out of the process rather than out of the specification.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Definition of adapting
Verb
  • In a statement published in the Journal of Heredity, Bell suggested that the government should look into the possibility of domesticating manatees.
    — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • Tens of thousands of years ago, humans began domesticating wild wolves to make hunting, gathering food and protection easier, according to Science News.
    — K'mari Greene, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of domesticating
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  • The athletes took practice runs on Monday, familiarizing themselves with the track ahead of Saturday’s regional finals.
    — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
  • Our World Cup homepage has the major stories, but a good place to start is familiarizing yourself with the top 50 players of the tournament.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of familiarizing
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  • But since the war in Iran began at the end of February, borrowing money has become more expensive, meaning fewer families can afford mortgages or auto loans.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Still, if the bubble does pop, most of the damage will be localized to investors unless major institutions are borrowing money to try to capitalize on the boom.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 31 July 2026
Definition of borrowing
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  • Analysts keep adjusting upward their estimates of what AI hyperscalers will spend on capex in the future, and that increased spend is driving down free cash flow estimates.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • This setup allows the nuclear core to run at a steady, efficient output while adjusting the amount of electricity sent to the grid.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of adjusting
Verb
  • Eggers made his name by deriding, and then usurping, the literary establishment, in the process defying the tired binary of pure artist versus sellout.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of usurping
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  • The wildlife team tends to the cubs while wearing bear suits to avoid habituating the cubs to humans.
    — Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of habituating
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