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as in pragmatic
willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly
high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars
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as in living
closely resembling the object imitated
those special effects look really realistic—I'd never guess they were all computer-generated
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Recent Examples of realistic
In realistic conditions, where the pulse colors arrive at slightly different times (a phenomenon known as chirp), the plasma lens even shortened the pulses from 189 to 165 attoseconds.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Supercities aren’t some futuristic fantasy—they’re the bold, realistic solution California needs to revive its economy, house its people and remind the world what ambition looks like.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Despite the realistic look and feel of the videos, there’s no actual retirement home behind them.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
So what is the realistic route here?
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Supercities aren’t some futuristic fantasy—they’re the bold, realistic solution California needs to revive its economy, house its people and remind the world what ambition looks like.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Despite the realistic look and feel of the videos, there’s no actual retirement home behind them.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
So what is the realistic route here?
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for realistic
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Spanberger, who served in the CIA before running for Congress in 2018, has cultivated a reputation as a pragmatic centrist.—
Margaret Barthel,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The people of Gaza desperately need pragmatic solutions.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Because these ultra-small devices are fused with living biological cells before injection, they are not rejected by the immune system and can cross the blood-brain barrier naturally, a key advantage over conventional implants that require invasive access.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Dirty Truths reminds us that renewal can be both beautiful and practical.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2025
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The canals and pond, which were aggregately 193,000 cubic meters in volume and appear to have no practical purpose, would have taken 255,000 days of labor by a single individual.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The trio share subtle, naturalistic comedic timing.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mayor Vi Lyles told dozens of environmental advocates at a City Council meeting on Monday that the city would act on a change the activists have been pushing for months to exempt naturalistic gardens from vegetation height restrictions.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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While Dobot explores non-humanoid figures, other Chinese companies focus on lifelike human-like features.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately for the squeamish 12-year-old me, the lifelike fluidity intensifies the story’s body-horror elements.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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With the climate crisis only deepening each year, throwing natural cycles and seasons into disarray, Japan is now bracing for future spikes in human-bear encounters each fall and spring.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Systems to better protect oceans, coastal marshes and mangroves will also be on the agenda, as well as an emphasis on the indigenous people who live on and manage much of the world’s natural places.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Morgan’s great gift as a comedian is in drawing vivid imagery.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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His full project showcases his vivid, vulnerable songwriting, cementing Slone as one of country music’s most compelling new voices.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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Possible future applications of the device include the production of three-dimensional scaffolding-like structures used to support the growth of artificial ligaments or veins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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The method produces a three-dimensional effect which can be fully removed to reveal a matching Malt/Light Soft Pink/Particle Rose/Mauve Gray suede colorway undefneath.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Realistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realistic. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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