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Recent Examples of realist
Linda’s an idealist and Norma’s a realist.
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Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
The other—sensitive, almost documentary-realist about the dynamics of modern parenting—deals with the fallout, as a community struggles to confront how such a nightmarish failure of safeguarding could have happened.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
The realist knows that Monday needs to swiftly be proven to be a bizarre anomaly if San Francisco wants to accomplish anything of worth this season.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
But Shironitta adds that Takaichi, while seen as conservative and nationalistic, is also a realist.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
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Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
The other—sensitive, almost documentary-realist about the dynamics of modern parenting—deals with the fallout, as a community struggles to confront how such a nightmarish failure of safeguarding could have happened.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
The realist knows that Monday needs to swiftly be proven to be a bizarre anomaly if San Francisco wants to accomplish anything of worth this season.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
But Shironitta adds that Takaichi, while seen as conservative and nationalistic, is also a realist.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for realist
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The fact that Ellison may be more of a pragmatist than a Rupert Murdoch–style ideologue could serve some cold comfort to those at CNN who fear not only cuts but an editorial shift of the kind that has occurred at CBS News.—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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But for the first time in a long time, Manchester United will go into all of those fixtures looking more like their old selves, with good players in good form, a pragmatist picking the team and plenty of rest.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The dollar amount was chosen arbitrarily based on what voters might accept, and some cynics saw it as a move by a pro-development commission to cozy up to environmentalists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The move there, after four years in Washington and eight years as mayor of South Bend, drew sneers from cynics: The governorship and a Senate seat were opening up, and there was talk of Buttigieg’s running for one or the other.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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But the fatalist in me feels like this stuff is coming.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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As criminal cases have increased against members of violent nihilist groups, related abuse reports have also risen.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Sirāt was the only Neon contender to miss out on a Best Picture spot at the Globes (its noms came in Non-English Language and Score), adding to the feeling that this nihilist epic is the title most at risk of missing with Oscar.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Realist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realist. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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