realize
Example Sentences
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The longer you live, the more likely you are to realize that not everyone has your best interests at heart.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
It puts you in your place and, whether you realize it or not, it’s a subversive way of controlling the outcome and discouraging you from using your voice.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The beauty of Ms. Noonan’s message is that it makes us realize we still are “becoming,” no matter what our age—and we ain’t done yet!
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
You need only look at the index’s crypto treasury companies, now affecting all of our retirements, to realize that that isn’t the case.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
I now realize they aren’t even from my time—that’s why they’re dressed like that.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing realize
Workshop 2, Part 1
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Ceremony
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