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Examples
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She commented the public school serve the purpose of "americanizing" the large numbers of immigrants entering the country.
What is the intent of Education? Steven Barnes 2009
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They look down on us Americans, and a number of other countries, while, at the same time, buying up American culture, as well as americanizing their whole country.
T-Mobile admits to losing confidential data for 17 million customers « Boy Genius Report 2008
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Mr. Rudyard Kipling is a very great writer, and a patriotic; his influence is probably the strongest that there is at present in the land; but he and his school are americanizing us.
Americanisms. 1908
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But, as he said to himself, he had no intention of dis-americanizing, nor had he a desire to teach his only son any such subtle art.
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You could argue that he was americanizing the phone all, but then why wouldn't he also speak in terms of dollars?
Cultural Learnings 2009
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