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as in discovering
to come to an awareness of
I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor
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as in reaping
to receive as return for effort
if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it
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Recent Examples of realizing
The 61-year-old worked as a driver for Uber and had gone to an address in South Charleston, Ohio, to pick up a package – not realizing the man who lived there had just received threatening calls.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
After realizing she was blocked in, the driver jumped out of the vehicle and started dancing in front of the police.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Imperfect championship hopefuls now looking around and realizing that maybe the competition isn’t so unbeatable after all.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
For Lucy, that meant realizing that her dad had lied about his true intentions and his role in bombing Shady Sands.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Spillane loves playing football, and is realizing a dream of being on this stage this week.
—Vic Tafur, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Politicians are now realizing the backlash of ICE’s overbearing tactics.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, there’s nothing quite like the headache of realizing your travel documents aren’t in order.
—Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The company plans to shift from a focus on electric vehicle (EV) production to a broader mandate of realizing total autonomy through AI and robotics.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
After realizing she was blocked in, the driver jumped out of the vehicle and started dancing in front of the police.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Imperfect championship hopefuls now looking around and realizing that maybe the competition isn’t so unbeatable after all.
—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2026
For Lucy, that meant realizing that her dad had lied about his true intentions and his role in bombing Shady Sands.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Spillane loves playing football, and is realizing a dream of being on this stage this week.
—Vic Tafur, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Politicians are now realizing the backlash of ICE’s overbearing tactics.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, there’s nothing quite like the headache of realizing your travel documents aren’t in order.
—Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
The company plans to shift from a focus on electric vehicle (EV) production to a broader mandate of realizing total autonomy through AI and robotics.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realizing
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The latter sees a faded film star in Georgia returning to acting and discovering an industry that has left him behind.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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But recently TikTok is discovering the face-framing magic that comes from turning your curls inward.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Feb. 2026
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From Bengaluru to Berlin, Boston to São Paulo, Shenzhen to Seoul, cities are reaping the benefits of establishing and supporting dynamic research and development (R&D) hubs.—
Abdulla Belhoul,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Essentially, the Bulls carry a wealth of cap space with the ability to take on money from other teams while reaping as much value as possible from players who were already on their way out.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Peskoe and others are watching court challenges to the DOE emergency orders closely, seeing if courts weigh in on this use of emergency powers to decide what kinds of energy should remain on the grid longer.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Liu surprised fans when retiring a month after earning a bronze medal at the ‘22 World Championships.—
Elliott Almond,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Indiana Senate passes under-the-radar provision scrapping 'low-earning' college degrees.—
Evan Frank,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Continuously learning from data gathered by a global fleet of machines, the system adapts in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some tools, like learning platforms with generative AI integrated, give feedback after students answer a question.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The five-star analyst also sees the possibility of hard disk drives (HDDs) gaining market share and accounting for more than 80% of storage in the cloud.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The passivity of moderate Democrats is resulting in the far left gaining more and more control of the party.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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Even in hockey – a sport that is extremely popular around the world – there are terms used by commentators or pundits that you might not be accustomed to hearing if not a regular to the sport.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some diners would rather eat later but believe restaurants get noisier as the evening goes on, preventing them from hearing their tablemates and communicating with wait staff.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot?—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Riera, 43, was previously in charge of Slovenia’s side NK Celje, winning the domestic cup last season and racing 10 points clear at the top of the league in this one, and began work officially on Monday.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Realizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realizing. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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