realism
Example Sentences
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No wonder Ms. Wisse’s 2021 memoir “Free as a Jew” begins by praising her father for his political realism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
For Nicholas Pinnock, who plays successful actor Solomon, that realism is what makes the show feel distinctly British in its outlook.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Beyond the virtuosic marriage of realism and symbolism lies the message French so gracefully conveyed: that architects are more than engineers, and that, at its best, architecture deserves the same status as painting and sculpture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The story, known for its suffusive magical realism, follows three generations of the del Valle Trueba women through the turbulent history of a conservative South American country, inspired by Allende’s Chile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The friars who commissioned his work had, as followers of St Francis, a love of the natural world, and thus a desire for a new realism in art.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing realism
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