How to Use assimilation in a Sentence

assimilation

noun
  • During that time, he was abused, all in the name of assimilation.
    — Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2022
  • Guilt is a sentiment that has been taught to us in part by assimilation.
    — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 3 July 2018
  • But the move makes sense as a piece of the larger assimilation puzzle.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • Full assimilation was my goal and sticking out was avoided at all costs.
    — Jen Wei Warren, Good Housekeeping, 8 June 2021
  • This is the end goal of the four-century long assimilation ploy.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 3 July 2020
  • The camp is focused on assimilation into major league life on and off the field.
    — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This is what assimilation looks like.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • For my father, baseball seemed like the purest form of assimilation.
    — Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Add assimilation to the bucket of typical teenage woes, and good luck with that.
    — Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Both works depict how racial violence might be veiled by the rhetoric of assimilation.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2023
  • What are the steps required to conduct a new leader assimilation process?
    — Dennis Kight, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Opponents see the bridge as a means by which to force assimilation and exert control.
    — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 4 May 2018
  • Amid the swirling sand and the pell-mell assimilation of the stragglers, one motorcycle skids to a halt.
    — Robert Draper, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • After kids make fun of her eyes and mock her lunch, Joan sees assimilation as her only path to survival.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The assimilation machine works so well in this country.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The riots weren't just about fashion or even assimilation.
    — David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
  • His win at the nationals has also helped the assimilation process.
    — Matt Majendie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
  • What Chua was describing, of course, was a process of assimilation.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
  • Some came to find that no amount of assimilation would win them acceptance in some sectors of society.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The four characters in the film are all in different stages of assimilation.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But the show never takes the time to dive into the why behind both of their choices, such as assimilation or self-denial.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Looking back, forfeiting the language passed on to me from my parents was the cost of assimilation.
    — Jenny Liao, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Conflicts over assimilation roil the family and put them at odds with the town’s numerous racist jerks.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The status quo solution, which is assimilation, is part of the problem.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But over the decades, the same forces of assimilation that effected change in previous immigrant groups took hold.
    — Anh Do, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Beyond the waiting game of asylum, there’s the issue of assimilation.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022
  • As Earth stands on the verge of assimilation, things start to go very wrong, and Avigail must deal with a conspiracy head-on.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
  • The goal of these schools was forced assimilation, with children — some as young as four — often stripped of their names, their long hair, their native language, and their culture.
    — Maggie Freleng, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The movie is suffused with both love and guilt, a complex portrayal of parenthood with an embittered view of the costs of assimilation.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2022

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