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as in adopting
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as in accustoming
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalizing
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The Environmental Commission, made up of City Council-named board members, is expected Wednesday to vote on adopting bird-friendly changes as part of the center’s new design.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Stay younger longer and stem the effects of aging by adopting simple micro-habits.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
8 Jan. 2026
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Lonpi Tipi added that domesticating larvae production ultimately would lead to solving problems related to access to protein- and nutrition-rich food.—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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Artist and writer Kevin Mellon is adapting the graphic novel from the feature script written by Peykoff and the Neese Brothers, who are known as co-executive producers of The Umbrella Academy.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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The book has recently been reissued at what feels like a propitious moment, when modern treatments of Greek myth proliferate, many of them adapting stories about destiny and order for a chaotic and individualistic time.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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Fortunately, borrowing with a home equity loan now, at the start of 2026, is more affordable than it's been in quite some time.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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That would eliminate the free ride that investors can enjoy by borrowing against their holdings.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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She’s spent several weeks in on rehearsals, familiarizing herself with the choreography and the dancers’ individual performing styles.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2025
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Ellison assumed control of Paramount in August, and has spent the last few months familiarizing himself with Paramount’s workings, and figuring out where resources need to be shifted around.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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The War of the Two Caesars also serves as a nice mirror for everything going down with the Brotherhood, Elder Cleric Quintus still hellbent on usurping the Commonwealth despite the arrival of Kumail Nanjiani’s Paladin Xander Harkness, an emissary from that neck of the woods.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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The District of Columbia attorney general, however, accused the administration of unlawfully usurping control of the city’s law enforcement and violating a law prohibiting troops from doing domestic police work.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Nov. 2025
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Despite adjusting the practice structure, simplifying the call sheets, and even moving Whitt to the sideline, the Commanders found no solutions.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The team focused on modifying the electrode surface rather than repeatedly adjusting electrolyte formulations.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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But Huddleston disagreed, saying the charter governs spending money but doesn’t apply to merely appropriating it.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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Trump expressly declared that appropriating Venezuela’s enormous oil reserves justified regime change.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Naturalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalizing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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