Definitions
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- noun the act of making something
homogenous , or thesame throughout; or the tendency of something to be come homogenous
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- noun the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition
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Examples
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Diller believes we are seeing a backlash against what she calls the "homogenization of beauty."
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Neglecting to introduce the euro currency would be a bug if homogenization is being persued regardless and relentlessly.
Should Britain Join the Euro?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He believes that a certain homogenization has occurred with food blogs.
Have Food Blogs Come of Age? Bruce Palling 2010
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The incessant homogenization is really getting me down: all the chain stores, theme restaurants, the Upper West Side looking like Chelsea looking like Park Slope.
Archive 2004-07-01 2004
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The digital revolution has overthrown some of the big label homogenization and poor taste.
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The problem is that this dynamic, the grouping of disparate and often wildly different social groups under a single grouping, has a name, it is called homogenization and its effects on Latin@ communities has been severe.
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GISS loses local information by including information from stations within some range 1200 km for homogenization, which is better for a global set.
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The treatment called homogenization was developed in France around 1900 to prevent creaming and keep the milk fat evenly—homogeneously—dispersed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The treatment called homogenization was developed in France around 1900 to prevent creaming and keep the milk fat evenly—homogeneously—dispersed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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More attention is currently given to monitor health and safety standards at the state's 14 farms that produce raw milk than the 150 others that send their milk to be heated and churned to kill bacteria and increase shelf live, processes known as homogenization and pasteurization.
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