assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
are assimilating
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present progressiveof assimilate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It can’t be completed this spring, while both are assimilating to their new surroundings.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
A Journal editorial notes that “most immigrants to America are assimilating as their forebears did.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2015
But they are assimilating and will likely do so even more quickly if immigration reform offers a path to legal residency.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
The newest migrants to the U.S., a new report finds, are assimilating into society as fast and as broadly as the previous ones.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2015
The people are assimilating day after day the spirit of non-violence, not necessarily as a creed, but as an inevitable policy.
From Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation by Mahatma Gandhi
