assimilating

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“What are young immigrants assimilating to?” he asks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Like a lot of veterans, he had trouble assimilating into the civilian world.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

America is also better at assimilating immigrants than most countries, and the immigrants we tend to attract generally work very hard.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

They, too, shifted from plant-based to fungal-based food webs as the main source of their energy, assimilating more than 50 percent brown carbon under warming conditions, compared to 26 percent at control sites.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

When people, plants, and animals die, they stop assimilating C14.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann