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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
The sincerity of this aim can sometimes run counter to the sharp, excruciatingly realistic satire that’s previously been the show’s bailiwick, and sometimes still is.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
As medical simulators grow more realistic and more widespread, one question naturally follows.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Without a realistic plan, the worst of this slow-motion disaster is yet to come.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Again, colors are realistic, while fine details of near subjects are preserved.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
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Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
As medical simulators grow more realistic and more widespread, one question naturally follows.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Without a realistic plan, the worst of this slow-motion disaster is yet to come.
—Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Again, colors are realistic, while fine details of near subjects are preserved.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for realistic
Adjective
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Many are pragmatic, serious, non-populists.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Every Connecticut citizen is better off from Lamont’s playbook of pragmatic resistance.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Today, the shuttered community center is a modern co-living apartment boasting a theater and fitness space.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able to do so much with so little, a team reports in the journal Nature.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Your big vision is about to meet a practical checkpoint.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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His practical advice fares better than both his theories and his pallid attempts at profundity.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Campbell’s script has both stylized and naturalistic dialogue, giving us a group of teens who feel painfully real in their inconsistency.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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Masri’s drumming is lithe and spacious even at its most aggressive; just as Alcorn’s guitar slides move with a gravity-defying, naturalistic force, his attacks seem to sprout out of each other independently, emerging in thickets.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The robot was created by the AI robotics company Figure, one of the top companies in the burgeoning AI subindustry racing to create lifelike robots.—
Bruna Horvath,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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In barely three years, AI has gone from a novelty that could write passable college essays to a technology that can generate lifelike video, clone human voices, and write software code so effectively that people with no programming experience are building apps on their own.—
Andrew Rasiej,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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San Martin, which sits along the San Miguel River that’s part of a natural border between the two countries, is known for coffee, cacao and cattle.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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In digital tests, wearers used natural pinching and grasping gestures to zoom and manipulate virtual objects on a computer screen with fluid precision.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From its booming beginning to its playful passages, the music offered vivid contrasts.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Metaphorical thinking enhances learning by linking new concepts to familiar patterns, fostering creative problem-solving among non-experts, and aiding memory retention through vivid imagery, while expanding one's metaphor store through diverse topics can boost creativity in specialized fields.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Shadow boxes have three-dimensional depth and are typically combined with other memorabilia to display alongside the jersey.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Advancements in understanding black holes build on holography, the idea that the two-dimensional surface of the black hole somehow captures everything about the three-dimensional space inside it.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Realistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realistic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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