1
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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2
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
Officers handcuffed Nowak before realizing the severity of his injuries.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Relationships can become overly procedural without couples realizing it.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Getting off to that start and realizing how much harder the course was today was great.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2026
The second worst feeling is realizing your hotel doesn’t have a steamer or iron available.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 30 May 2026
Wayne Knight played good-natured cop Don, who falls head over heels for Sally without realizing her true nature.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
These people had huge laughs Thursday morning over their airport Bloody Marys after realizing their words were treated as if serious.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026
And indeed, the company, which enlisted New York’s Rockwell Group to spearhead the design, found a wealth of like-minded local collaborators ideal for realizing its vision.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
After her postpartum experience and realizing that there were few therapists trained in this speciality in her area, Pham obtained training in perinatal mental health and now has a practice treating moms.
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 22 May 2026
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Relationships can become overly procedural without couples realizing it.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Getting off to that start and realizing how much harder the course was today was great.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2026
The second worst feeling is realizing your hotel doesn’t have a steamer or iron available.
—Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 30 May 2026
Wayne Knight played good-natured cop Don, who falls head over heels for Sally without realizing her true nature.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
These people had huge laughs Thursday morning over their airport Bloody Marys after realizing their words were treated as if serious.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026
And indeed, the company, which enlisted New York’s Rockwell Group to spearhead the design, found a wealth of like-minded local collaborators ideal for realizing its vision.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
After her postpartum experience and realizing that there were few therapists trained in this speciality in her area, Pham obtained training in perinatal mental health and now has a practice treating moms.
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realizing
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Anthropic’s latest funding round further demonstrates that its foundational commitment to commercial applications of its technology—writing code, discovering software bugs, and white-labeling enterprise chatbots around the globe—is paying off.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed three eateries including a Rancho Cordova warehouse after discovering 68 rodent droppings throughout the facility.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Some of those bets took time to show returns — six years, in the case of his $1 billion investment in Cisco’s Silicon One architecture — but Robbins is now reaping the rewards.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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After seeing his team squander chance after chance, Etowah’s Matthew Sharman wasn’t going to waste any opportunity to score.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Michigan Humane took on a tricky animal rescue task after motorists reported seeing a cat along the Lodge Freeway in Metro Detroit.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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In 2022, drivers for food delivery platforms Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, and Relay were revealed by New York’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to be earning half their income in pay, and half in tips.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Compared to Florida’s other high-earning workers, Rodrigues and Kamoutsas also make the most relative to the median pay of their departmental colleagues.—
Shirsho Dasgupta
May 28,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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The deep-learning assistant integrates with the company’s existing size widgets and retailer data portals, and rolls out for retail deployment at the start of June.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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That mentality plays into Elliott’s desire to continue learning new things about his trade even after a career spanning six decades.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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New Delhi is also keen on gaining access to some of Myanmar's extensive rare earths deposits-though China, which controls much of the rare earths supply chain in the area, is unlikely to agree.—
Michael Sullivan,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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The operations were launched in response to community concerns about minors gaining access to restricted products.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Two neighbors pulled a woman out of the home after hearing her yelling.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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But seeing and hearing Young take control of things on a steamy Tuesday in May could pay dividends for him and the Panthers on a cold Sunday in January.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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The Oscar-winning actor is miscast and never becomes his legendary character, which puts a damper on the film.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Ganesha received three hits from Logan Schmidt to rally for a 2-1 win over Newport Harbor, winning it on a walk-off hit batter in the bottom of the seventh.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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“Realizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realizing. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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