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
  • Harbour, who is an executive producer of the series along with Bateman, originated the project after being inspired by a New Yorker true-crime article about a fatal suburban love triangle.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Fourteen of those storms originated in the East Pacific, which, with two and a half months of the season still to come, will likely blow past its average seasonal storm total of 15.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Ildemaro Vargas started the ninth with a walk, winning an ABS challenge on a full-count pitch initially called a strike.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Most of us who do philosophy began by hoping to find definitions too.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Crews began working Monday on Pocket Road near East Shore Drive to replace a sewer manhole and about 50 feet of a sewer main and repave the intersection, according to the project’s webpage.
    Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The movements that arose out of the deaths of Black people at the hands of largely white police officers and the systematic abuse of women by powerful men were hallmarks of 21st-century progressive thinking.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That plan nearly came together, but Fincher left the film when budgetary issues arose, and the project was put on hold.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Then the Padres commenced giving him a big cushion, scoring two runs in the second inning and batting around and scoring five times in the second.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
  • As the wreckage of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers smoldered, the United States commenced military operations in Afghanistan.
    Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The 16-year-old girl who was steering the bicycle — which appeared to be a Citi Bike in footage shared by ABC7 Eyewitness News — sustained injuries to her leg and was hospitalized, per the NYPD.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There was a time when Florida-Auburn was one of the games that defined the SEC.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • There was a lineup of celebrities and stars who graced these halls, with a guest ledger that features Clark Gable and Bette Davis.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Related The jazz five-piece formed in a youth club, Tomorrow’s Warriors in Enfield, north London, before growing steadily into a must-see live act and cultural leader.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The fewer bonds present, the higher the temperature at which the minerals in the tooth formed.
    Corinne Purtill Follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Actualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualized. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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