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realize

[ree-uh-lahyz] / ˈri əˌlaɪz /




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A consistent daily routine may do more for your health than you realize.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

This 16-week period included the time when a woman might not yet realize she was pregnant, as well as the early stages of fetal development when major organs begin to form.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Oracle could be closer than investors realize to generating serious returns on its artificial-intelligence investments.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

When I look back on the times I felt angry in gatherings to celebrate Latinidad — or even my own Mexican identity — I realize that I just want more from us and for us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

‘Torak,’ she said, ‘you do realize that when we track Wolf, we’ll also be tracking the bear?’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Woodward at his peak may have been the hardest-working reporter in town, but he also realizes his life has been, in good part, the product of sheer luck.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The story takes a surprising, bittersweet turn, and Ms. Hepola realizes she’s in a contest she can’t win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Your stepmother, whether she realizes it or not, is acting out of fear.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

But now she realizes it was the right thing to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Libby finally looks up and realizes I’m here.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Nissan, which is launching its first significant hybrid product for the US market this fall, realized its absence in the category was denting sales, said Ponz Pandikuthira, a senior vice president at Nissan Americas.

From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026

When the software identified ED138, Holman quickly realized that its apparent brightness and enormous distance pointed to something unusually large.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

But then the doctor realized there could be another explanation for what he was seeing.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Krinsky realized he had no leverage over the upholsterers—the people with the skills and grip strength to stretch fabric over wooden frames—because they were so scarce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

It was only when he pushed the note into my palm as he handed the bicycle to me that I realized this wasn’t a gift from him at all.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

"So I'm looking at all this evidence I had accrued so far that smiling boosts happiness and realizing it flies in the face of my own experiences in the world."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Released music, everything took off, I’m here, there, everywhere and then finally realizing “Wait, I need balance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

You might already be a part of the industry’s experimentation without realizing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s impossible to watch one, let alone all three, without realizing that Schoenbrun has a lot on their mind, sometimes too much for a single film to bear.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

But then I snapped back, realizing Aunt Kitty was still in character for the latest case.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan


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