ACTUALIZED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

actualized

verb

past tense of actualize

as in originated

to come into existence several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized

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Recent Examples of actualized Now a high schooler at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Massachusetts, Jung has actualized his vision to keep his grandparents safe on crosswalks − and has a medal and $6,000 to show for it. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 25 June 2026 And on Tuesday at American Family Park, Harrison actualized all that potential in his three meetings with Devers. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 The plot pivot point is based on a real proposal (but never actualized) to pay New York City homeowners to shelter migrants in their homes. — The Know, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success. — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 This is the American West actualized and disoriented, where humans are an afterthought. — Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 Christopher Strachey actualized the potential of the Manchester computer to play melodies, not just individual tones for software diagnostics. — Alan Turing, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2017

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Another ongoing complaint against Citation originated about 10 miles east of the Bayou, where a rancher named Mike Faulkner noticed an unusual amount of salt water gurgling to the surface and flowing down a creek on his land in April.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Well, that rate would have originated around 4%, and now rates are up 525 basis points.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of originated

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Some of the cheese sticks had started to become moldy and were past the sell-by date.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
New England started the second half better, and Peyton Miller set up its go-ahead goal brilliantly, beating Gonzalo Lujan on the dribble to get around the right corner and into the penalty area before sliding a pass toward the penalty spot.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of started

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The younger Cárdenas began his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, better known as the PRI, and served as a senator and later as governor of the western state of Michoacán.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, nearly a week after the Salvadoran reinforcement began arriving, Haiti’s government finally publicly addressed the deployment.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of began

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News of the Qualley-Antonoff split arose days after the latter was spotted attending Swift and Travis Kelce’s lavish wedding bash at New York City’s Madison Square Garden without his wife.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
In the days prior to the announcement, speculation arose that suggested Pérez may be looking at retirement sooner rather than later.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of arose

Verb

Jeon gave birth just before filming commenced and felt concerned about what the movie would require of her.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The evening commenced with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as literary and fashion insiders arrived at the private members club.

— Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of commenced

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After halftime, the Patriots quarterback appeared to find the form that put him in the MVP race in 2025, going 9 for 10 for 146 yards and two touchdowns.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
The Chiefs appeared to have pulled out a thrilling victory Sunday in Denver.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of appeared

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Kiwanuka wanted the music to be precise and well-formed, but still emanating that playful, stream-of-consciousness feeling.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Then, in 2007, researchers noted that spidroins engineered in the lab formed liquidlike globs.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

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