as in accomplishment
the state of being actual or complete this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work

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Recent Examples of realization As a result, CEOs are arriving at meetings with urgent realizations about falling behind, founders are working extreme schedules, and entrepreneurs are sacrificing travel, vacation, and personal relationships for the cause. Andrew Filev, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 In this realization of sanctity and wisdom, de León establishes a link to the Song of Songs and suggests that even those who are empty are filled with the commandments, like the pomegranate. Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025 Perhaps that realization may feel like a mirror for our own lives. Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025 The anxiety of knowing that, despite your stature and money, scary men could come and destroy your happy home is a primal fear, and Howard’s movie feels unmoored by that realization. Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for realization
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Noun
  • Sleep Token Managed the Same Feat The accomplishment, which had never been achieved before November 2024, was repeated this past spring.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For him, the clothes are an entry point to celebrating the lives and accomplishments of Black women, including Coretta Scott King, Diahann Carroll, and Mahalia Jackson, and Fredye Marshall and Dorothy Lee Bolden.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This isn’t to diminish the achievements of other players, many of whom have done great things relative to their expectations this year.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Delivered to a high standard by Thales’s international team, in close collaboration with industry partners, this achievement showcases the quality, openness, and technical expertise that have defined Thales’s approach to the Type 31 delivery – earning praise from the Royal Navy.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And capturing demand requires cash on hand to keep up with inventory, advertising, and fulfillment expenses.
    Eric Youngstrom, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And yet there is a quiet fulfillment in removing one at a time.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Realization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realization. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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