concretizing

verb

present participle of concretize
as in actualizing

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  1. actualizing
  2. realizing
  3. embodying
  4. manifesting
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  • 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
Definition of actualizing
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  • Much like Whitford back in the late 1980s, Blyth is realizing that Kaffee basically never gets to leave the stage.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Then, after realizing how cash-strapped a large chunk of these schools were, the conversation shifted towards the Big Ten's idea of 24-teams.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of realizing
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  • Pattinson throws his whole being into embodying the ringmaster rapidly losing control of his circus.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • However, after embodying fussy dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock for Phantom Thread in 2017, Day-Lewis was once again claiming to be done with show business.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of embodying
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  • This demand shift is already manifesting across supply chains.
    — , CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But is manifesting a technology that could result in the end of humankind equally as exhilarating for top engineering talent as extraterrestrial exploration?
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of manifesting
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