assimilations
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pluralof assimilation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
assimilationnounthe act or process of assimilating, or of absorbing information, experiences, etc..
Example Sentences
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The broader truth of the recent waves of immigration, the truth of a million small assimilations and adjustments, was easily lost in the tabloid terrors.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2016
These little quirks of idiom not only give the poem force and freshness, they seem to suggest the assimilations that the speakers are already sharing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2010
It is possible to make a long list of Frank's sources and assimilations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Over time you get a bunch of little assimilations."
From Time Magazine Archive
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His poem is one of the finest assimilations of the Gospel history to national German feeling, to be compared only with Dürer's engravings and Eduard von Gebhardt's paintings.
From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Ernst Von Dobschutz