realized

Example Sentences

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As OpenAI developed, its leaders realized the company would need potentially billions of dollars to pay for the computing firepower required to train and improve AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The officers looked around the area, including inside the nearby Mayas Cinemas, and realized the yelling was coming from inside the wall between the coffee shop and the theater, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Researchers later realized this pattern resembles the harmonics of a vibrating string.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Visitors often come away feeling that the White House and its spaces, including those they’ve seen on television, are smaller than they realized.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Before long, Maggie realized she was already making the last big plate-sizes of bread she needed.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith