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realistic

[ree-uh-lis-tik] / ˌri əˈlɪs tɪk /




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That’s pretty bad, but it’s also a pretty realistic scenario.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

But others say Seoul has few realistic options for retaliation without further burdening border residents already exposed to disruption and danger.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The so-called Games Agreement laid out a “shared set of values” and called for an operating budget that would be “prudent, realistic, and designed to protect taxpayers by mitigating financial risk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Chief executive Giles Hurley said discounts are helpful "when they're real and when they show realistic reductions", but hit out at what he said were unrealistic reductions which "dupe customers".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Artists became increasingly accomplished in representing the human figure in realistic space until the Middle Ages, when art changed radically.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell




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