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 Before the City Council now is an ordinance that strikes that balance of addressing industry-specific realities while enhancing outdoor worker protections for a warming climate. — Maria Hadden, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Policies that recognize both realities are part of building and keeping a strong workforce. — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026 Every aspect of the campus is designed to prepare students for the realities of the beauty industry while encouraging creativity, professionalism, and personal growth from the first day of class. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026 But financial realities are getting in the way of their ideal eating habits. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 They will be defined by their capacity to keep learning—to absorb new realities, rebuild their knowledge base and remain relevant not by resisting change, but by continuously growing into it. — Mo Husain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Deconstructing Towers promises to get considerably deeper into the tension between Hydra Head’s ideals and the practical realities of running an independent label. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026 How can an artist’s intimate experience speak to something larger, across different cultures, geographies, and lived realities? — Photovogue, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026 Instead, Lynch, Garcia and the rest of the staff gathered earlier this year for an off-site meeting, laid out the financial realities and discussed their options. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realities
Noun
  • Nonprofit leaders are reporting alarming burnout rates and more and more organizations are facing financial challenges that have spurred layoffs and, in some cases, closures.
    — Phil Buchanan, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Estimates are that there are upward of 9,000 cases; the country's health minister has announced that 1 in 60 adults are now living with HIV.
    — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Things are just a little less sinister in the song’s lyrics than in the way things play out on screen.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As Che notes, the crowd is not fully on board, at least not as things get underway.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Address the facts, acknowledge what is valid, correct what is wrong and show what comes next.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • For a young artist, being chosen can alter the material facts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • On Wednesday, local media reported that India's premier criminal investigation agency filed a case against Bhanu Tatak, the adviser to a group resisting the hydropower project, accusing her of illegally taking funds from foreign entities.
    — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • An audit by a local activist group of ALPRs reported that at least 290 agencies without data-sharing agreements, as well as out-of-state, federal and nongovernmental entities, had searched the Elk Grove’s Flock data since 2021.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Moreover, its ultra-low infrared emissivity suppresses thermal radiation, hiding objects from heat-seeking cameras.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In this new role, Benabadji has said he is focused on guiding Ginori’s ongoing history, which will move beyond traditional tableware into interiors, decorative objects, hospitality and broader lifestyle categories.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • From laboratory equipment to the battlefield A fieldable version could eventually give personnel a portable way to assess unknown substances without transporting samples to a laboratory.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Boldenone, one of the substances at issue, has been associated with livestock-production practices and meat-contamination claims in prior anti-doping cases involving athletes competing in Colombia.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Realities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realities. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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