ACTUALIZES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

actualizes

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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

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From the moment the show begins, viewers can predict (with enormous accuracy) how the season will end.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
In the care of one another, our archive begins to take shape.

— Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Indian American groups and Democrats said that the poster discriminated against members of the Sikh religion, which originates in South Asia.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The clarity of that vision reveals the substantial nature of our true identity, which originates in God, not matter.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of originates

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But as organizations layer on more agents across departments and workflows, small misalignments compound and risk to strategy arises.

— Vic Chynoweth, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The more mass an object possesses, the greater the curvature, and because gravity arises from this curvature, the greater the gravitational influence.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of arises

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Three steps to nuclear power The development path starts with conventional propulsion.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
An exchange needs on-premise deployment inside its own perimeter; a broker is often better served by a hybrid model; and a family office or bank starts from regulatory requirements that differ case by case.

— Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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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
This tender novel of intimacy and its risks begins in Boston in 1969, as Eve, a dancer, commences an affair with a colleague—an indiscretion that spurs her husband, a journalist named Gabe, to cheat, too.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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The opposition appears to have only solidified two months before the midterm elections, despite significant donations that crypto groups have given to some Democrats in recent years.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta appears to be expecting a similar communication over the penalty Sunderland were awarded against his team at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of appears

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While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Then there is the issue of keeping the system in a quantum state.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of is

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But the new work found that if the rewards change with time (even by a small amount), then a second stable point emerges from the model, allowing both cooperators and defectors to coexist.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Whatever emerges from the gathering, BRICS is unlikely to become an anti-American or anti-Western power bloc anytime soon.

— Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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