realism
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When it steps outside its own borders, the country’s idealism can often augment its realism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Chinese challengers Seedance, Kling and Alibaba’s HappyHorse have rapidly closed the gap on cinematic realism and have upstaged their American rivals by undercutting them on cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The spinoff is sad face-saving for a failed content-plus-distribution strategy, but there’s hope for an even greater realism potentially to win out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The party's new leader, Gavin Robinson, who had been a confidante of Donaldson, chose his language carefully, saying there should have been more "cautious realism" about promoting the deal.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
All my life had shaped me for the realism, the naturalism of the modern novel, and I could not read enough of them.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
He’s adept at creating different realisms and textures for each story line, variations that add layers of meaning.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
Perhaps the grittiest realisms could use a little light rebranding, granted – but even when money's tight, surely there should be a place for poetry ...
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2010
The feminine "shall I, shall I not" is woven into the fabric of a soundly constructed play, one that feels itself easily superior to the crude realisms of ordinary theatre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hopper's realism had nothing to do with the prevalent realisms of the 1930s and '40s in American painting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let us for a while forget the tedious realisms around us, and eat of the dreamy Lotos.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
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