assimilation
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They were first brutally forced to adopt Christianity and abandon their shamanism, before assimilation efforts intensified in the 19th and 20th centuries as the far north's economic importance grew.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, Unison said the extra funding was for "assimilation and arrears", and would not help the staff facing wage cuts.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
About 36 percent of their annual carbon assimilation occurred after growth had already stopped in late summer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
And he’s becoming more of an Earthman — the dangers of assimilation are a specific Season 1 plot point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
But the scientists and doctors on our ship, like Mom and Dad, won’t tolerate assimilation.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The broader truth of the recent waves of immigration, the truth of a million small assimilations and adjustments, was easily lost in the tabloid terrors.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2016
These little quirks of idiom not only give the poem force and freshness, they seem to suggest the assimilations that the speakers are already sharing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2010
"Over time you get a bunch of little assimilations."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is possible to make a long list of Frank's sources and assimilations.
From Time Magazine Archive
To its lip he holds the purest ichors of existence; with ennobling draughts of awe, pity, sympathy, and joy, he quickens its blood and strengthens its vital assimilations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
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