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Recent Examples of realist
The Spanish-language magical realist exercise about a young girl’s bizarre cross-country journey is like a kinder, gentler version of Jodorowsky’s fantastical narratives.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
And now at the top of the system is Trump, constituting another realist layer—a team captain happy to play for himself alone.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
While optimistic about the future, Wilson is also a realist.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Bollywood action movies, German rom-coms and social realist dramas from the Dardenne Brothers don’t rely on U.S. domestic audiences to make bank.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
And now at the top of the system is Trump, constituting another realist layer—a team captain happy to play for himself alone.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
While optimistic about the future, Wilson is also a realist.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Bollywood action movies, German rom-coms and social realist dramas from the Dardenne Brothers don’t rely on U.S. domestic audiences to make bank.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for realist
Noun
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Above all, Goodall was a pragmatist.—
Martha Shade,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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While his supporters see a pragmatist trying to make the best of a bad decision, his many detractors dismiss him as egotistical and unable to see his failures.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, skeptics and cynics tend to be insistent right now that the clean-up activity is not going to last very long.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Travis Kelce knows what the cynics might think of his relationship with Taylor Swift — two of the most famous people in America just happen to match up perfectly?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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The activist Left is, in truth, nihilist.—
Ayaan Hirsi Ali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Realist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realist. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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