realize

Example Sentences

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Housing-related equities are also performing well and could see years of pent-up demand realized if financing conditions improve as substantially as I expect them to this year.

From MarketWatch

And while he hadn’t intended to write a YA novel, he realized that by making his characters a few years younger than he had initially conceived them, he could reach a younger audience.

From Los Angeles Times

Although Liam has since been released, “We’ve had other students in our building also taken in. We realized a fifth grader was also at the detention center; they had just kind of disappeared.”

From Salon

Individuals can also avoid capital-gains taxes if they pass property to an heir after death, or if they choose to borrow against their assets to realize gains instead of selling them.

From Barron's

It wasn’t long before Hill realized she had a captive audience.

From The Wall Street Journal