actualized

past tense of actualize

Example Sentences

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualized
Verb
  • Since December 2025, flights have originated in Alexandria, Louisiana, a hub for ICE deportation flights, with a stop in Miami on the way to Cap-Haitien International Airport.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit lists several members of the Religious Neutrality group and their religious affiliations, including two Jewish parents and a student, one Hindu parent and one Zoroastrian parent, which is a religion that originated in Iran.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The duration of Kyrgios’ ban will depend in part on whether he is found to have deliberately taken the drug, and in part on whether the incident happened before the tournament started.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Perez says Atlantic City was becoming a popular summer resort, and the idea for the first wooden walkway all started with keeping sand out of railroad cars and hotels.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The recovery ended a search that began on July 31 after the expedition, led by renowned climber Nirmal Purja, was swept away by an avalanche on Broad Peak.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • According to a new study published in Geology, the massive escarpment formed around 800 million to 750 million years ago as the ancient supercontinent Rodinia began to break apart.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Emails from later in March obtained by The Bee show that further complications with the project arose when city staffers discovered additional compliance requirements for the project.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Various theories surrounding the murders arose following the verdict, but they were never officially solved.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Police are still looking for her Hoffmann reached out to the Herald and commenced his pursuit for answers.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The project commenced with a simple analog instrument panel clock.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On the Moroccan side, law enforcement, vastly experienced in controlling migration flows towards the border, appeared to be missing this time.
    Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kerry learned this the hard way after allowing Jordan to question what appeared to be a local yokel over the mysterious shooting at a Rushville high school football game.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At this time, there was just one photoshoot finishing up (see balloons video above), and by 5 pm I and the resident cats had the park to ourselves.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
  • At the time, police believed there was one suspect, but the person had not been identified.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The luxury of doing less Arriving on the largest island in the Grenadine archipelago, one that was formed millions of years ago by volcanic activity, Sandals Saint Vincent is the latest addition to the company’s portfolio.
    Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir formed the Open Secure AI Alliance this summer, with more than 100 inaugural partners, explicitly citing the Hugging Face incident as the reason.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Actualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualized. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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