as in to begin
to come into existence
several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized
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Recent Examples of actualize
These are choices that actualize Africa.
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Emeka Ajene, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The process begins with identifying the dream and constructing a path to actualize it.
—Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Beyond middle managers’ jobs being under threat amid the rise of AI, most of managements’ days are spent juggling menial tasks, rather than actualizing a broader workplace vision.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
Sunday reveres the world-building auteur Tim Burton operates under to actualize the gothic, eerie terrain for Wednesday to become a hit show.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Emeka Ajene, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The process begins with identifying the dream and constructing a path to actualize it.
—Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Beyond middle managers’ jobs being under threat amid the rise of AI, most of managements’ days are spent juggling menial tasks, rather than actualizing a broader workplace vision.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
Sunday reveres the world-building auteur Tim Burton operates under to actualize the gothic, eerie terrain for Wednesday to become a hit show.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualize
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The incident on Saturday morning began when Oakland police were called about person who had broken into a home on the 11000 block of Ettrick Street, in a hills neighborhood near the Oakland Zoo.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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The issue began shortly after midnight PDT in AWS' main US-East-1 region hosted in northern Virginia.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Hough and Inaba found themselves at loggerheads when the former's critique started to go south.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Amazon dropped hundreds of early bird Christmas tree deals, with festive artificial firs and spruces starting at just $33.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Bewildered, the space weather expert wanted to know if there could be space weather events that were smaller than coronal mass ejections and did not originate directly from solar eruptions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dating back to the 1800s, Brandy Snap cookie originated in England and become widely known for their thin, lacy texture and delicate crunch.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Anthropologist Eugenia Shanklin’s analysis of the details in this legend, and her discussions with Kom people (1989), led her to conclude that the geomyth arose after a real natural disaster centuries ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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When speaking with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year, Next Gen NYC creator and executive producer Michaline Babich explained that the idea for the series arose from her time working on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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The split commenced a contentious court battle in which the former model requested $175,057 in child support payments, a $45,000 increase from a tentative payment order, during a two-day Santa Barbara court hearing in August, according to People.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 17-year-long lease will commence at the start of 2026, with two five-year renewal options when the term expires in June 2043, the documents state.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Members of the committee from both political parties criticized Underly for choosing to accept an alumni award at Indiana University instead of appearing before the committee Thursday to answer questions about student safety for the public that have arisen because of the Capital Times reporting.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But for consumers, higher wages on paper do not appear to have eased the sting of rising prices, according to several recent surveys.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to the new research, which analyzed data from 125,000 children, there was a 36% decline in all food allergies between 2012 and 2020.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are also ramifications for the agriculture industry and food production.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Actualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualize. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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