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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualized
  1. originated
  2. started
  3. began
  4. arose
  5. commenced
  6. appeared
  7. was
  8. formed
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Then Patrick Mahomes started to look healthier, and Kenneth Walker III took off on what appears to be, through five games, an MVP-level campaign.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Whereas Friday’s game was over by halftime, this game was just getting started.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of started
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Anderson said the man appeared to have died of natural causes and that no foul play was suspected.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Pate said Friday that the woman's infection appeared closely related to Kenya's first case, while cautioning that this did not necessarily establish the transmission route.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • There was a single massive cheer from the home crowd in the fourth quarter, however.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike other modern culinary festivals, there was no peeking behind the curtain, because, in fact, there is no curtain.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of was
Verb
  • 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
Definition of formed

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“Actualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualized. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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