assimilated

verb

past tense of assimilate
1
as in compared
to describe as similar assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine

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2
as in understood
to have a clear idea of still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition

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3
as in integrated
to make a part of a body or system social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community

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Recent Examples of assimilated The cowardly, devious Turgeniev has assimilated to the comforts of the West —that alone is enough for Fyodor to detest him. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 The news comes after Prime Video assimilated MX Player into its service earlier this year. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Something Sculptural As the name would suggest, the Rodin stool from Arhaus has a sculptural appeal—it can be easily assimilated into a sophisticated bar setup, or used to dress up a more casual breakfast bar. — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 17 Aug. 2026 The trio has assimilated perfectly, down to their graying wigs. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Many of these children not only survived, but learned the skills and lifeways of their captors, often becoming fully assimilated into the cultures that had once seemed utterly foreign. — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026 Chef Kevin Liao also distinguishes the kitchen with his illuminating Toisanese specialties, a regional subgenre of Cantonese cuisine either rarely seen in Los Angeles or so deeply assimilated into more generalized Cantonese menus that its distinctions are hard to parse. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Those students will be assimilated into their home campuses. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026 Another appearance in print occurs in 1880, in the memoirs of a Canadian missionary called Sheldon Jackson—also a prominent founder of schools where Native children were forcibly assimilated. — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilated
  1. compared
  2. understood
  3. integrated
  4. equated
  5. knew
  6. incorporated
  7. deciphered
  8. recognized
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  • The oldest group now has roughly 15x the wealth of the youngest, compared with about 9x three years earlier.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The company claims its system can reduce filament waste by up to 85% and printing time by up to 80% compared with conventional single-nozzle multi-color methods.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • These exchanges were consequential, but they could still largely be understood as a series of bilateral transactions focused on Russia’s war.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Market analysts and economists note the term premium is poorly understood and subject to interpretation.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of understood
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  • Pan Yan The substance is integrated into a transparent, medium-sized insert designed to fit onto a garbage bin lid.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The disruption hit myriad services provided by Yandex, a tech giant akin to Google whose services are deeply integrated into daily life in Russia and whose digital infrastructure other third-party platforms rely on.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Blackwell equated Robinson’s impact to that of Sidney Poitier, Thurgood Marshall and Jackie Robinson.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The character is a type-A perfect student who never has a single hair out of place — a way of being that Gerber has stepped into after years in the fashion industry where perfection is often equated with sublime beauty.
    — Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • This would-be Colette, who knew her time and speaks to ours, was born Rosalyn Bronznick in 1926, and grew up in the Bronx.
    — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Racing to give back With breast cancer affecting both her mother and aunt, Robinson knew the importance of regular screenings.
    — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of knew
Verb
  • At the same time, others argue that AI can be used to support learning when incorporated thoughtfully into the classroom.
    — Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Replacements incorporated Jacobs’ recording into their release of a live album from their 1986 show at Cabaret Metro (as Metro was known then).
    — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorporated
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  • But a more apt comparison might be the Mirabilia Urbis Romae, in which Medieval scholars deciphered the staggering ruins of Classical Rome.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Re-creating the Herculaneum scrolls To date, one entire scroll and passages from others have been deciphered, largely thanks to the Vesuvius Challenge, a project launched in 2023 that encourages researchers to decode scrolls for cash prizes.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of deciphered
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  • Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos research engineer who helped expose the company’s faulty blood-testing technology, barely recognized the woman on-screen.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The manager there recognized a Met Opera ticket in the print and ordered the $90 ties, which sold out in three days.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of recognized

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“Assimilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilated. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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