assimilation

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Even many immigration hawks traditionally argued that newcomers could become fully American through assimilation into constitutional values and institutions.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

But assimilation is both survival and validation for Joan, who returns to school as “Jo Hunt,” now played by Grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Michael Carrick had a neat way of describing Benjamin Sesko's assimilation into life at Manchester United.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

But a time jump, moving from a shtetl during World War I to 1930s Warsaw, pushes the film into more unexpected territory, as it encompasses issues of immigration, adoption and assimilation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Some of us may have lost our “mother tongue,” as my nanni used to call it, but the custom of tameez—respect—for elders stays strong, despite decades of assimilation.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed