realist
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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
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
Plagiarism claims against Arday were first made in July by Nathan Cofnas, a US academic and self-defined "race realist" whose research affiliation with a Cambridge college was terminated in 2024 amid racism accusations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even if you’re a realist, don’t let gloomy projections get you down.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Not with worry but with calculation, a new realist, assessing the cold truth.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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
Foreign-policy realists focus on interests and tend to dismiss shared values and myths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing realist
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941), List 2
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