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actualization

[ak-choo-uh-luh-zey-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

“While the market had a good sense of the potential trends, the actualization of those expectations did have an impact.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

As of 2015, a practical actualization of John von Neumann’s mathematical proof was available to anyone with a powerful enough personal computer.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 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

For everything that comes into being after a state of non-existence requires motion to precede it, namely, the actualization from non-being.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac