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Six example sentences with assimilation, each labelled with its topic.
Second-generation arrivals in Chicago reached full assimilation by the 1930s, marrying outside the old neighborhood and dropping the language at home.
History
Researchers measured assimilation by asking teenagers whether they described themselves first by their parents' homeland or by their new city.
Psychology
The novel traces assimilation across three decades, ending with a grandson unable to pronounce the surname printed on the passport.
Literature
The candidate argued that assimilation happens through schools and jobs, not through laws banning languages in public.
Politics
Economists measure assimilation partly through wages, tracking how many years pass before newcomers earn what their neighbors do.
Economics
The film treats assimilation gently, showing a father who cheers a baseball game in English and prays in Korean.
Movies
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