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Recent Examples of realistically
By correlating vulnerabilities into potential attack paths, teams can prioritize issues that could realistically lead to privilege escalation, lateral movement, or data access—rather than treating all findings equally.
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William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Shadows cast by buildings and mountains on Corneria fall realistically across the landscape.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
The Wild-Card Thunder Unless the Cleveland Cavaliers offer Evan Mobley or the Philadelphia 76ers offer VJ Edgecombe, Holmgren might be the best player whom the Milwaukee Bucks could realistically hope to receive for Antetokounmpo.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Those mechanisms that begin Monday allow Philadelphia to spread that dead cap weight of a trade across multiple seasons rather than having to absorb most of it in 2026, which the Eagles could not realistically manage.
—Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
In plain terms, only excess electricity above that safety threshold can realistically be treated as power available to help neighboring grids during an outage.
—Sufan Jiang, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Only then can struggling New Yorkers realistically gauge their financial baseline.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
The two are forced to have difficult conversations about what their future together realistically looks like.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
What the team has to work with until help arrives in some form has been about as good as could have been realistically hoped.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Shadows cast by buildings and mountains on Corneria fall realistically across the landscape.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
The Wild-Card Thunder Unless the Cleveland Cavaliers offer Evan Mobley or the Philadelphia 76ers offer VJ Edgecombe, Holmgren might be the best player whom the Milwaukee Bucks could realistically hope to receive for Antetokounmpo.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Those mechanisms that begin Monday allow Philadelphia to spread that dead cap weight of a trade across multiple seasons rather than having to absorb most of it in 2026, which the Eagles could not realistically manage.
—Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
In plain terms, only excess electricity above that safety threshold can realistically be treated as power available to help neighboring grids during an outage.
—Sufan Jiang, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Only then can struggling New Yorkers realistically gauge their financial baseline.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
The two are forced to have difficult conversations about what their future together realistically looks like.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
What the team has to work with until help arrives in some form has been about as good as could have been realistically hoped.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realistically
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What Bryant explains is that the Giants locker room almost certainly doesn't care about someone's political opinions.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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On Saturday night, the rapper’s first headlining solo show since at least 2019 was certainly a reinforcement that Jay-Z is still one of the best rappers alive, if not the preeminent emcee of his generation.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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Set the scene Hamilton Island is undoubtedly the most glamorous in the archipelago, thanks to its high-end clientele who dock their yachts at the marina or land their jets at the Whitsundays’ only island airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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That’s the chess match aspect that’s undoubtedly playing out behind the scenes.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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That’s the kind of scandal the royal family wants absolutely nothing to do with, particularly as a new generation represented by William and Kate looks to modernize the institution.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 May 2026
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The jump scares alone are absolutely insane with the Woojer on.—
Joe Salas
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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With the new lead, detectives were able to positively confirm that the long-unidentified remains belonged to Sipfle, the outlets reported.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Bear confirmed their brother Noah was the one to positively identify Matt.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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The 250 series produced plenty of greats, but the GOAT of its line is unquestionably the Ferrari 250 GTO introduced in 1962—the first Ferrari to ever wear those three letters huddled together.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026
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Counties across the state have been pondering this crisis and devising solutions that can be accomplished in partnership with our state leaders — because this crisis is unquestionably our shared responsibility to solve.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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