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realization

[ree-uh-luh-zay-shuhn] / ˌri ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
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“And I think that’s the realization: There’s a lot of joy in getting rid of what is unnecessary and is not pertinent anymore.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

And something happened: The collective realization of how they’d all endured the same terrible losses took just enough steam out of the room that they began to talk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

So I’m hoping there’s a combination of that with a greater cynicism about the A.I. companies, a greater realization that the real needs you.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The realization convinced me I couldn't be passive; I couldn't simply wait for the Germans to be defeated.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

The author also draws on realizations from his own life, such as the time he found himself perversely stifling another man’s generous impulse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Private-market vehicles assume regular realizations of unlisted share investments and repayment of private loans, which have slowed due to the lack of exits or losses.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Then the heat wave arrived, and with it, two realizations.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The firm also made 15 exits with realizations over the same period, such as successfully listing lab-grown diamond company International Gemological Institute and affordable-housing finance business Aadhar Housing Finance in India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Just like that, a flood of realizations swamps me, one after another.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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