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actualization

[ak-choo-uh-luh-zay-shuhn] / ˌæk tʃu ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
effect
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His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

“My work touches on the nuances of family, self-love, self-preservation, actualization and metamorphosis.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

“This is the actualization of something we’ve talked about for a long time,” Moore said at his first official news conference since his election.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022

I am a primary care physician, a person with a uterus, a sister, a daughter of immigrants, an actualization of the American dream.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

It is intermediate between the operative power and the complete actualization which the power receives by the acts that spring from the latter as perfected by the habit.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey


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