actualization

Example Sentences

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His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

“My work touches on the nuances of family, self-love, self-preservation, actualization and metamorphosis.”

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

“While the market had a good sense of the potential trends, the actualization of those expectations did have an impact.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

I am a primary care physician, a person with a uterus, a sister, a daughter of immigrants, an actualization of the American dream.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

On the theory of the real distinction, is not the operative power itself an actual perfection of the substance, and therefore in some sort an actualization of the latter?

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter