- present participle of realize.
realizing
Example Sentences
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“It was street kids, Hispanic kids. All of a sudden, the fans were realizing, ‘Wait a minute — this music represents us, the artists look like us.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Jackson remembers watching his mother on days she picked up her paycheck and realizing that “you go get money for your time working, and then it’s time to pay bills and get food.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Luz Marte, a 38-year-old lab technician, bought her house a year ago, without realizing the site was a data center.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
It makes about as much sense as Tommy, a human, realizing he is somehow one of Vision’s sons due to a confluence of magic and circumstance.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Dari’s already done with his worksheet, of course, and I’m realizing now that the answers were probably in our reading from this weekend, which I didn’t do.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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