- past participle of naturalize.
- past tense form of naturalize.
naturalized
Americanadjective
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having been given the rights and privileges of citizenship after immigrating from another country.
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(of an athlete) playing for a particular country's national team on the basis of having met certain criteria of residency or ancestry while not being a citizen of that country.
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(of organisms) having become established in a region as if native there after being introduced from a different one.
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(of a garden, wetland, or other area) intentionally populated with mostly native species which are then allowed to flourish and grow wild with little or no human intervention.
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(of landscaping) involved in planting or managing such gardens, areas, etc.
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(of a word or custom) having become mainstream in a particular language or culture after being introduced or borrowed from a foreign one.
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It declares: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, faces extradition to the U.S. and denies the allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
The oral arguments turned on a key clause in the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US who are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
In theory, these naturalized citizens are equal in standing to those born in the United States.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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