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as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
medieval history is really Professor Clinton's realm, so I'll let her answer your question
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as in confines
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
a medical breakthrough that is within the realm of possibility
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Recent Examples of realms
Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).
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Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Early slayers often originate between realms—people who have been near death and pulled back, or have the markings of potential vampires, or who are born at times of the year when the veil between worlds is thin.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
The kaleidoscopic House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe is an immersive, otherworldly art installation featuring rooms that virtually transport you to different realms.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
What the final plan looks like will depend on whether the seven basin states can create a consensus plan on how to manage the river that is integral to farming, industry and daily life in their realms.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
While women have worked toward equality in many realms, significant gender inequality persists in income, parenting, and household labor.
—Oona Metz, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Turns out Cignetti’s particular brand of eccentricity has invaded the realms of online pop culture.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
This annual showcase is tied to Rolling Stone‘s annual Future of Music issue, our look at what’s new and what’s next in all realms of music.
—Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Early slayers often originate between realms—people who have been near death and pulled back, or have the markings of potential vampires, or who are born at times of the year when the veil between worlds is thin.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
The kaleidoscopic House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe is an immersive, otherworldly art installation featuring rooms that virtually transport you to different realms.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
What the final plan looks like will depend on whether the seven basin states can create a consensus plan on how to manage the river that is integral to farming, industry and daily life in their realms.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
While women have worked toward equality in many realms, significant gender inequality persists in income, parenting, and household labor.
—Oona Metz, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Turns out Cignetti’s particular brand of eccentricity has invaded the realms of online pop culture.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
This annual showcase is tied to Rolling Stone‘s annual Future of Music issue, our look at what’s new and what’s next in all realms of music.
—Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realms
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In addition to the anxiety over Monday's ruling, Petit said, Haitians under protected status were living amid an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in areas with large Haitian communities in South Florida.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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Content creator, actor and beauty founder Claudia Sulewski has signed with WME for representation in all areas.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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This pattern is visible across domains.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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First focal plane scopes with MRAD reticles rule the roost in PRS and other field match series.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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One white general contractor controls both major scopes of work.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Dadio said her center has trained 2,200 people and certified 245 trainers who bring the techniques to their departments.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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After a nearly two-month search for a successor, Yankee GM Brian Cashman elected to stay in house and last week named 44-year-old Mario Garza, who’s spent 16 years in various capacities in the Yankees minor league and scouting departments, as the new international scouting director.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2015 researchers at New York University embedded hollow silicon carbide spheres in a magnesium alloy to create a metal matrix composite lighter than water.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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These are gold NPs that clump together and form tiny spheres.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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The difference in low- and high-end ranges is vast in most southeast Michigan communities.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That can include discovering new actors, assembling ensembles with a particular chemistry or managing large and complex casts across locations or age ranges.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Discovering a site like this allows archaeologists to further understand the culture and society of early medieval England, when the country was fragmented into several kingdoms but rulers like Offa were beginning to unify it and Alfred the Great was fighting off Viking invaders.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The burial ground dates back to a significant time in English history, when regional kingdoms started to form and consolidate power.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Realms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realms. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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