actualizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of actualize
as in begins
to come into existence several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized

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Recent Examples of actualizes Meow Wolf bridges imaginary worlds together and actualizes dreamscapes into real-life art projections and sculptures. — Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualizes
  1. begins
  2. originates
  3. arises
  4. starts
  5. commences
  6. appears
  7. is
  8. emerges
Verb
  • Alex begins to get a nagging feeling this girl could actually be his daughter from that long-ago relationship.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • My novel Blow Yourself Up begins when smartphones make their way into high schools and follows the rise of platforms and influencers, ending just before the dawn of AI.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of begins
Verb
  • Sweet Pea Sweet pea is a traditional Edwardian pattern that originates from a house near Oban on Scotland’s west coast.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This two-part Millennium Prize Problem originates in particle physics.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of originates
Verb
  • But most of our group behavior arises through a qualitatively different process than local contagion.
    — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • For example, turbulence arises when a flowing fluid encounters an obstacle that changes the velocity of part of the flow.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of arises
Verb
  • The story starts not with heat but with cold, in a remarkable moment of emotional notation.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The first question starts with the technology; the second starts with the user.
    — Zoe Huang, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of starts
Verb
  • The pilot commences online and at stores across Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Europa League commences with its first league phase fixtures next week, on Wednesday, September 16 and Thursday, September 17.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of commences
Verb
  • There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • And because of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act passed earlier this year, the company appears to be on track to have taxpayers foot the bill.
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of appears
Verb
  • Mathematicians strongly suspect that there is a genuinely knotty loop that also has a Jones polynomial 1.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That is a hard thing to ask of organizations with famously small margins, if there is any margin worth mentioning.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of is
Verb
  • That’s often when clarity emerges and the next right step becomes obvious.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut navigates tricky emotional waters but emerges as a trenchant examination of what forgiveness and penitence can look like, allowing no room for anything resembling a pat happy ending.
    — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of emerges

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“Actualizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualizes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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