realities

plural of reality
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as in things
one that has a real and independent existence you'll need to cope with a whole new set of realities once you've become a parent

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Recent Examples of realities Guzmán believes those political realities may prove just as important as the security challenges. Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Like many scientists working in government, Fauci understood there is often tension between science, policy and the practical realities of communicating with the public during a health crisis, Adams said. Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 As a result, significant errors can be harder to spot early, and teams often lack an understanding of when a model moves from business realities. James Hunter, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Beyond her work, the 31-year-old designer hasn’t shied away from sharing the realities of her father’s health struggles. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 Competing realities are part of the Democratic Party’s current contest over its coalition and future. Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2026 Summers said brands often hire consulting companies to craft these sustainability solutions, which, despite being well-intentioned, are mismatched with the realities faced by manufacturers. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026 Still, shedding the harsh realities of life as a young girl without agency in Gilead was a practice Infiniti had to master both for her character and herself. Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026 The show is about a 17-year-old from a working-class New Jersey town who wants to become an astronomer but must deal with the harsh realities of daily life, including his half-sister’s need for a bone marrow transplant. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realities
Noun
  • As artificial intelligence revolutionizes how tasks are completed, many people are pleading their cases for why their jobs are important.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Guardian identified at least 33 cases of people vandalizing and destroying Flock cameras.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.
    Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Write down the facts, define the next step, and keep the agreement practical.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Once the litigation becomes public, communicate promptly by confirming the facts and explaining the broader context and cause-and-effect relationships, while remaining fully compliant with legal constraints.
    Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The data center will still pay traditional property tax, as well as the business personal property tax to other taxing entities.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company has referred more than 200 entities to the FDA, the US Department of Justice, state attorneys general, law enforcement and professional licensing boards.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These lines can represent the paths taken by objects moving in two dimensions, like balls traveling around a billiard table.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Observed a mere 660 million years after the big bang, MoM-BH*-1 is among the earliest of these objects known.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Johnson was suspended for 10 games by the NFL in 2016 for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Overconfidence may add risk Such user errors are an underappreciated danger of using these substances.
    C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Realities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realities. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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