1
as in to compare
to describe as similar
assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine
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2
as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
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3
as in to integrate
to make a part of a body or system
social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community
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Recent Examples of assimilate
Transitioning away from direct federal oversight would represent yet another transformation for Haskell, which has seen many different iterations since its inception in 1884 as a strict boarding school where Native children were forcibly assimilated into American culture.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Beals was involved with the Student Senate her junior and senior years and was part of the Link Crew, an organization that helps freshmen assimilate to high school, as an upperclassman.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Publicis Groupe of France has grown larger by assimilating businesses that work to harness influencers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2025
The time to ponder that question, set up boundaries, and guide how A.I. is assimilated into our workflow and lives was yesterday.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Beals was involved with the Student Senate her junior and senior years and was part of the Link Crew, an organization that helps freshmen assimilate to high school, as an upperclassman.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Publicis Groupe of France has grown larger by assimilating businesses that work to harness influencers.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2025
The time to ponder that question, set up boundaries, and guide how A.I. is assimilated into our workflow and lives was yesterday.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilate
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Broken down by party, 98% of Republicans favored the policy, compared with 84% of independents and 67% of Democrats, Gallup found.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Michigan's cannabis industry has sold $1.3 billion in recreational products through May this year, a 2.6% decline compared with the same period last year, according to a Detroit Free Press analysis of the CRA's monthly sales reports.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
8 July 2025
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The human role is now to understand what to ask the models for the best results, and to iron out the inevitable problems that crop up along the way.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
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But then appeared on the road a living creature whose intent my driver could not understand: a cow.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The company released a new version of Grok this week, which Musk said will also be integrated into Tesla vehicles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Hinge and Grindr, two of the most popular dating apps, are taking steps to integrate AI into their platforms.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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Several establishment owners equated the PRO’s efforts to collect fees to a mob-like shakedown, citing aggressive on-site confrontations and threatening letters.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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His ostentatious well-being is scorned by Walker, who equates equilibrium with compromise.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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That gap can cause marketing to keep optimizing based on CPC or CPL without knowing which leads actually move forward in the funnel.—
Ron Browning,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Rest assured, no one knew this kind of flood was coming.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 July 2025
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But these products should be flexible enough to incorporate material feedback from financial institutions and deliver strategic rules and solutions that help keep fraud detection one step ahead of fraudsters.—
Sunny Banerjee,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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These new models incorporate forward-looking climate data, including projections of extreme rainfall, sea-level rise and changing storm patterns — factors FEMA's maps generally exclude.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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Imagine walking into your doctor’s office feeling sick – and rather than flipping through pages of your medical history or running tests that take days, your doctor instantly pulls together data from your health records, genetic profile and wearable devices to help decipher what’s wrong.—
Turgay Ayer,
The Conversation,
11 July 2025
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The sister looked for clues in the woman’s body language, something adoring and sympathetic, but could not decipher whether this woman was the child’s mother.—
Nora Lange,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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The idea of having six kids was incredibly exciting but also terrifying to comprehend.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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For Wallace, the surviving children and the rest of their family, the pain is still raw, the grief is strong and the reality difficult to comprehend.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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“Assimilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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