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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
Noun
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Brunson, ever the pragmatist, preferred not to take that chance.—
Tom Kludt,
Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
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As a candidate, Klobuchar faced stories of disgruntled Senate staffers who described her as a difficult boss but also distinguished herself on crowded debate stages as a determined pragmatist.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, those cynics didn’t sound as enlightened when the Rockets were up 18 early in the fourth quarter Saturday night.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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This is not a home for doomers, cynics, or know-it-alls.—
Daphne Koller,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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 25 Feb. 2026.
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