as in concentration
a focusing of the mind on something
a program of complete immersion in the language is the only way you're going to learn it
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Recent Examples of immersion
Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The immersion in Elwood’s vantage point forces all viewers to occupy a Black gaze and Black spectators to reckon with compartmentalized angst.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
This integration of blockchain with gaming creates a seamless bridge between virtual and real-world economies, fostering new levels of immersion and interactivity.
—Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
Children from Windmill Springs and Ben Painter elementary schools, two dual language immersion schools, performed in their finest attire.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The immersion in Elwood’s vantage point forces all viewers to occupy a Black gaze and Black spectators to reckon with compartmentalized angst.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
This integration of blockchain with gaming creates a seamless bridge between virtual and real-world economies, fostering new levels of immersion and interactivity.
—Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
Children from Windmill Springs and Ben Painter elementary schools, two dual language immersion schools, performed in their finest attire.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immersion
Noun
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California, Florida and Texas have a large concentration of stores.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Before starting the study, researchers measured the participants’ current sensitivity to different tastes, using 16 taste strips infused with four different concentrations of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter substances.—
Becky Upham,
EverydayHealth.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His stories enthrall his fellow captives, and capture the attention of Hasan, the enigmatic and feared Bey of Algiers, igniting an affinity between captor and captive.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Image The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova In her fresh take on the vampire novel, Kostova reworks the Dracula legend with a historian’s meticulous attention to detail.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Magnesium glycinate and citrate are likely to be similar in absorption—the body absorbs both forms well.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
7 Feb. 2025
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Glycinate: This is the most bioavailable magnesium, with an 80% absorption rate.—
Jennifer Shanker,
Flow Space,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Immersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immersion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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