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Recent Examples of acculturation
Other tribes—typically large ones with substantial diasporas—have also been cleaning their enrollment records, less to hoard money than to mitigate tribal anxieties about acculturation.
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David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
How Culture Plays a Role In immigrant families—especially in the Asian American community—acculturation levels can influence parenting styles.
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Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
When deciding where to pour advertising dollars, Democrats must dig in and understand that Latino media habits often are driven by age and acculturation.
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Sylvia Salazar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
This daily traffic encouraged some acculturation to English tastes and ways of life.
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Renaud Morieux,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Sep. 2015
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David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
How Culture Plays a Role In immigrant families—especially in the Asian American community—acculturation levels can influence parenting styles.
—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
When deciding where to pour advertising dollars, Democrats must dig in and understand that Latino media habits often are driven by age and acculturation.
—
Sylvia Salazar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
This daily traffic encouraged some acculturation to English tastes and ways of life.
—
Renaud Morieux,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Sep. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acculturation
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The annual limit is $5,000 per child from all non-government sources combined, with inflation adjustments expected after 2027.
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At times, Wright can be too fast into the hole, reaching the line before blocks are fully secured and forcing himself to hit the brakes and make late adjustments.
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The Marine’s name has not been released, in accordance with Navy policy to withhold identification until at least 24 hours after next-of-kin notification, NBC 7 reported.
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Folsom Cordova Unified School District Folsom Cordova Unified says all of its schools have accessible gender-neutral restrooms, in accordance with SB 760.
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People take about eight to 10 days to get well acclimated to heat, Michael Sawka, an exercise physiologist and heat-adaptation expert at Georgia Tech, told me.
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The true story of the Texas spine surgeon who injured and even killed patients under his care takes center stage in the season 1 adaptation of the popular podcast.
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Particularly in gender-affirming care, however, reduction of the laryngeal prominence can improve psychological well-being and body congruence for some patients.
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In congruence with solid fundamentals, rates are expected to drop at least another 25 basis points, with other estimates showing 2-3 cuts in 2025.
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Too much fabric softener can reduce the absorption or moisture-wicking factors of bath towels and athletic wear.
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Convection involves turbulent eddies of warm air rising from the ground into the atmosphere above, and latent heat involves the absorption or release of energy from a phase change without the temperature changing.
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Frontman and mastermind Matt Bellamy returns to his longstanding theme of the endless search for something pure and real in a world of conformity, hypocrisy and alienation.
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Determined to understand what is really going on, two teenagers begin an investigation that leads them to challenge the invaders, their town’s conformity and their own uncertainties.
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Historians are in broad agreement that this year’s celebration has garnered far less attention than the bicentennial, marked in 1976, which generated blanket media coverage and widespread national excitement.
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The Fort Lauderdale City Commission voted to approve the mutual separation agreement between Williams and the city at Thursday evening’s commission meeting.
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Data freshness, completeness, consistency and schema conformance are tracked with dedicated alerting thresholds.
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That said, the final plat is in substantial conformance with the previous proposals, Latinovic said.
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“Acculturation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acculturation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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