- present tense form of realize (3rd person singular).
realizes
Example Sentences
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe can only expand so many times before one realizes it’s not actually going anywhere.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
But there is a piece of him that realizes he probably can’t exist anymore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Eventually he realizes that he doesn’t mind “the emotional shadow that Graceland and Elvis casts over the song. In some way I think it adds an emotional punch.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mr. Gill looks back at that 1992 interview and others and realizes that the Jeff Beck he thought he knew is a mystery, a self-contradicting trickster with a tendency to be witty and evasive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jay knows I like to rap, but I don’t think she realizes that I want to rap.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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