realism
Example Sentences
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Salman Rushdie’s new story collection, ‘The Eleventh Hour,’ explores mortality through five inventive stories blending realism and magic.
From Los Angeles Times
This breakthrough allows researchers to simulate black hole environments with a level of realism that was previously impossible.
From Science Daily
Indeed, the retreat of climate catastrophism has made room for a less strident but more sustainable climate realism, focused on innovation and the commercialization of low-carbon technologies.
While it’s Ephron’s characteristically strong dialogue and flair for realism that so many viewers fall head over heels for, Reiner’s blissfully simplistic direction is what captures the spark of two people slowly falling in love.
From Salon
In the “Post-World War II” gallery, we read that Abstract Expressionism was “a movement shaped by the work of many Jewish artists” who left realism behind partly because of the war’s trauma.
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