How to Use naturalization in a Sentence

naturalization

noun
  • He was found not guilty of one count of naturalization fraud.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The naturalization process is a lengthy one.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
  • This process is known as naturalization.
    — Mark Schlakman, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s what to know about the latest changes to the test for naturalization applicants.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The oath of allegiance is the final step in the naturalization process.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
  • It will be played at naturalization ceremonies across the country.
    — Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
  • Both of these tests take place during the naturalization interview.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The government must meet a high burden of proof even for the charge of immigration or naturalization fraud to stand.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • It was called the Chinese naturalization project.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This means tax fraud committed as a green card holder can resurface in the future, many years after naturalization.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • One exception is if the government was able to prove that citizenship was obtained through fraud in the case of naturalization.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • Any such expressions could see visa extensions, green cards or naturalizations denied.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There is smart immigration and naturalization policy, then there is this.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 May 2026
  • For most people, one of the requirements during the interview is taking the naturalization test.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Oil rich Gulf Arab countries have very strict naturalization procedures.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The struggle for a Jewish naturalization act was an extremely prolonged one.
    — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some immigration lawyers called it a troubling change that adds uncertainty to the naturalization process.
    — Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Further, the act requires the full name on your valid photo ID matches your birth certificate or naturalization card.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Five years after obtaining a green card, applicants may apply for naturalization.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The case highlights a critical lesson for those seeking naturalization.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • There is just not evidence, for decades really, that people who seek naturalization and are able to pass the requirements are in any way misusing the system.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Yet if Qatar has addressed the naturalization controversy, the same cannot be true for myriad other issues.
    — Time, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The fast-track naturalization of overseas players with family ties to China was seen as a quick way of elevating standards.
    — Andrew McNicol, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There is a detention basin on the southeast corner of the intersection, too, but the naturalization techniques will not be installed there yet, Lavoie said.
    — Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In some cases, immigrants have already passed the citizenship test, only to be blocked from taking the oath that makes their naturalization official.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The bill would require proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, passport or naturalization papers, in order to register to vote.
    — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
  • While a first in basketball, China has acquired a handful of elite athletes with and without Chinese roots through naturalization.
    — Andrew McNicol, CNN, 25 July 2023
  • Ohio provides free state ID to people who provide a birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • The agency previously held drive-through naturalization ceremonies there during the height of the pandemic.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The other rule changes would require teachers to pass a writing test based on the US naturalization test and require schools to fly the American flag.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025

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