actualizing

verb

present participle of actualize
as in beginning
to come into existence several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized

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Recent Examples of actualizing Operationalizing an intelligence grid could bring you one step closer to actualizing predictive marketing, where marketers drive personalization and optimization to improve customer experiences and economic ROI. — Thomas Zawacki, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The collective takeaway is that producing, forging and actualizing belief is a way to center oneself, turn the volume down on all the noise out there, and feel… well, to put it simply, good. — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualizing
  1. beginning
  2. starting
  3. originating
  4. arising
  5. commencing
  6. appearing
  7. forming
Verb
  • Young professionals often have multiple financial priorities, such as beginning to invest, paying off student loans, employee benefits, buying a first home, and saving for a wedding or starting a family.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Korean star Han Ji-min accepted The Hollywood Reporter’s Trailblazer Award at a glitzy gala high above Busan on Wednesday night, promising that her creative journey was only just beginning.
    — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of beginning
Verb
  • And starting next year, the league wants to introduce a form of re-seeding in the playoffs.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Katseye member Sophia Laforteza will resume activities with the group starting the first week of January 2027, according to a notice posted to their social media accounts.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of starting
Verb
  • This revealed high-energy gamma-rays originating 8 billion light-years away.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • According to Plitsas, the episode raises questions about threats originating from within the cockpit.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of originating
Verb
  • It may also be used to treat certain other psychotic conditions, such as psychosis arising in Parkinson disease.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Diamantis is scheduled to be tried in December on a bribery charge arising on a $95,000 payment allegedly made to him by a Bristol optometrist to use his influence to stop an audit of her Medicaid billing.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of arising
Verb
  • The film will shoot on location at the heart of Pendle in Lancashire, with principal photography commencing end of September.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The fourth-round tie will not be played until the week commencing October 26.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of commencing
Verb
  • Born on April 18, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas, Kelker-Kelly’s acting career began in 1987 when he was cast as Sam Fowler on NBC’ soap’s Another World, appearing in the daytime drama for three years until 1990.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The friend Jane Doe went to see that night shared a photo with the whole group appearing to show her in the bedroom.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of appearing
Verb
  • The team's findings reveal clear fingerprints of the impact black hole jets have in disrupting potential star-forming material even right out to the circumgalactic medium.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Soil organic matter is a rich substance created by the decomposition of the carbon-rich litter layer above it, forming a layer that soil scientists call the O-horizon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of forming

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“Actualizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualizing. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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