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homogenize
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homogenize [hə′mäj·ə‚nīz]
(metallurgy)
To hold metal at a high temperature long enough to eliminate by diffusion any chemical segregation of the components.


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The Cowboy and Indian figures, mainstay figureheads of North American culture, are apparently depicted in sugary confection as metaphor for both homogenising mass culture and in reference to the well-documented lavish culinary excesses during the reign of the last Shah of Iran.
However, the slight sense of triumphalism, moral uprightness if not outright vindication, found in the final words by those whose way of thinking emerged as triumphant from the various factional squabbles, brings the same danger of homogenising the Zimbabwean story.
Midlands pubcos Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns, which are both backed by venture capitalist firms, own a large proportion of the UK's pubs between them and have been criticised for homogenising the sector and offering little real choice.
 
 
 
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