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assimilates

verb

present tense third-person singular of assimilate

as in compares

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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as in understands

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

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as in integrates

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 assimilates His ashen skin is snaked with circuitry, his voice flattened into the cold register of the Borg, a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations and reshapes them in its own image. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026

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The piece compares the political climate to 2006, when voter frustration with an unpopular Republican president and a Middle East war helped Democrats take both chambers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Truong compares the platform to a geostationary satellite that is 1,800 times closer and much cheaper, though the company hasn't offered figures to check that.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of compares

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The demonstration was supported by PartyOS, RoboParty’s open research and development platform for humanoid robotics, which integrates the company’s UFO framework.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
The current product line integrates the VPN into the main Avira suite.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of integrates

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Bob O’Brien, Counterpoint’s research director, also equates Mini LED with FALD.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Xi equates compromise with weakness and has a hard time understanding the give-a-little-to-get-a-little logic that is the heart and soul of diplomacy.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of equates

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Dinner incorporates international influences and local seafood.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Comedy Playground’s curriculum incorporates stand-up, led by Spies, which helps kids find their own voice, and improv, led by Katey Mushlin, which teaches them how to work with others and create meaningful bonds, Spies explained.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of incorporates

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Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.

— Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025

Definition of deciphers

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In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
In the end, A Guardian and a Thief is a story that comprehends hunger more deeply than the world that produces it.

— Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025

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