realize
Example Sentences
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“I realized people really like this,” he said.
“You’re realizing how easily society at large and people in your life will abandon you when you cannot offer them things.”
From Los Angeles Times
When the company expanded to the South in the 1990s, executives realized they were pulling gear too early in the fall and restocking it too late in the spring.
"We knew this was possible, but it really was our worst fears realized."
From Barron's
They need to realize that foreign policy demands results, not merely rules.
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