realist
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At the end of the day, I am a realist; anything can flip a person’s switch from off to blackout rage.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
He envisions himself as a realist, but his proposed appeal to national interest is almost touchingly naive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I hate to be a realist to you, brother,” Navarrete told the young man, who wore a Dodgers hat and was awaiting the birth of his first child in weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The row first erupted after another academic - self-defined "race realist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Prof Arday's work.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
She was a straight-down-the-line realist, controlling what she could.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The quest for a stable global order has long beguiled idealists and realists alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
De Palma may be best known for his stylistic trademarks and penchant for perversion, but he’s also one of American cinema’s great realists.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
“We are realists, but we are not worrywarts either,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
This fit cannot be shown to be necessary or inevitable, which is what the realists do not understand.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941), List 2
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