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as in pragmatic
willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly
high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars
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as in living
closely resembling the object imitated
those special effects look really realistic—I'd never guess they were all computer-generated
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Recent Examples of realistic
This includes launching a whole-of-society resilience campaign, simulating realistic scenarios of Chinese military attacks in defense training, expanding public participation in civil defense, and simulating responses to cyberattacks and gray-zone threats.
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Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Hafner says his team is working to make the simulations and tasks more realistic.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Both believe such a move is a distinct possibility, and a realistic one.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Depending on your age and foreign language ability, fulfilling your James Bond spy fantasies may not be very realistic—but spying for the British government just got more accessible.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
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Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Hafner says his team is working to make the simulations and tasks more realistic.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Both believe such a move is a distinct possibility, and a realistic one.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Depending on your age and foreign language ability, fulfilling your James Bond spy fantasies may not be very realistic—but spying for the British government just got more accessible.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for realistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realistic
Adjective
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The concept for Lilith, as McLachlan and her co-founders—her agent, manager, and road manager at the time—make clear, was less ideological than pragmatic.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Slot’s more patient and pragmatic Liverpool is a reflection of a new reality, which Klopp himself acknowledges.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rounding out the slate is a cricket reality show based on a Korean baseball format and a survival competition that blends co-living dynamics with physical and mental challenges.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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That’s the upshot of a new study on the alcohol content of the preferred foods of one of our closest living relatives.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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Playful and practical John and Catherine’s grandchildren also have their own suite, though Catherine and Justice made the design choices for them.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Why not put all those periods of training camp work to practical use?—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The city already has a process where citizens can register their naturalistic landscapes for protection.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Chuang made the correct story decision for the show to embrace a naturalistic style overall, building frames that continually envelop the characters within the landscape or set them starkly against it.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Sep. 2025
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The morning kicked off behind the Rose Creek Cottage and was one of many activities hosted by Friends of Rose Creek, an organization aimed at preserving the natural habitat and connecting community members.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The edgy vibe of side braids is a natural departure from the more flowy, feminine styles that usually dominate in the summer (like boho braids).—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
25 Sep. 2025
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For years, full-body systems capable of lifting loads or delivering lifelike VR sensations came with six-figure price tags.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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The advancement, detailed this week in Science Advances, is just the latest in a string of studies highlighting how creepily lifelike synthetic skins have become.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2025
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The book honed Wolfe’s vivid style of writing that ushered in the New Journalism movement of the era.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Saffron Saffron is a spice with a vivid reddish-golden color that has a slightly bitter flavor and is an important ingredient in Indian and Mediterranean cooking.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
30 Sep. 2025
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These allow three-dimensional imaging of underground structures instead of the two-dimensional models used in the past.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Each composition is built from the background to the foreground to create the illusion of a three-dimensional figure or scene encased within the glass block.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Realistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realistic. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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