naturalize

verb

Definition of naturalizenext
1
as in to adopt

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2
as in to adapt

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Recent Examples of naturalize After 1804, however, hundreds of white French people remained in Haiti and were naturalized as Haitian citizens, securing equal rights under Dessalines’ 1805 Haitian constitution. — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026 He was naturalized in 1949 and elected to Congress in 1956, the first Indian-American to serve there. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 In 1790, Congress passed a federal law so that only free white immigrants could naturalize as citizens. — Daisy Hernández, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 The South American native has naturalized in some Southern states, but there are compact cultivars that are less likely to escape from the garden. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for naturalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalize
  1. adopt
  2. adapt
  3. domesticate
  4. adjust
  5. borrow
  6. accustom
  7. assimilate
  8. familiarize
Verb
  • How fast the benefits of a truly life-changing technology flow through the economy is the actual measure of how fast it is being adopted.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Variety reports that the psychological thriller, which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as a married couple who travel to European small town to adopt a baby, will feature a cameo from Charli.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of adopt
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  • Leaders also need to ask whether their systems are becoming easier to understand, control and adapt.
    — Chandini Sheeba, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The company’s theater work began with The Lunchbox Musical, written by Batra and adapted from his 2013 film.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of adapt
Verb
  • Partita takes a poem that vibrates with political energy and domesticates it, sapping this very famous verse of its revolutionary bite.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The rivalry between dog people and cat people has existed for as long as animals have been domesticated.
    — Robert Granader, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of domesticate
Verb
  • By adjusting the distance between the tips, the team could stretch or compress the molecular structure, changing the voltage at which the current enhancement began.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Hackett said adjusting investments to reflect personal financial goals, changes in risk tolerance, or shifting income needs are good reasons to make changes.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjust
Verb
  • At Monza, Antonelli was borrowing the car of his future teammate, George Russell.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Staying at the frontier of AI is expensive, and Meta carries a lower credit rating than Alphabet, Amazon, or Microsoft, limiting its ability to keep borrowing.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of borrow
Verb
  • The meeting attendees at AP6 had the faces of people accustomed to scrutiny.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Judges accustomed to parsing the Constitution are now being forced to decide how many trees may be cut down or whether paint tests can proceed.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of accustom
Verb
  • Unsurprisingly, Mihai and Lisbet begin to wonder whether they are being tried for child abuse or for their refusal to assimilate the progressive, secular-humanist values of their new home country—in other words, for their Christianity.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This is the friction that Tariq felt was a nonnegotiable for the film, factions of an immigrant community torn between assimilating into American culture and proudly celebrating its differences as loudly as possible.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of assimilate
Verb
  • Most Formula 1 weekends open with three practice sessions, during which drivers and teams experiment with their cars and power settings, and familiarize themselves with the course.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Eadie said the event brings visitors to the area well before race day as athletes arrive to train, familiarize themselves with the course and acclimate to the region.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of familiarize

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“Naturalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalize. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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