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actualize

[ak-choo-uh-lahyz] / ˈæk tʃu əˌlaɪz /
VERB
make real
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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“Interstate conflict is only intensifying, and data is the first shot across the bow for how to actualize that conflict,” she added.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

But they nevertheless actualize Laura's words: Choosing flesh over immortality is to live and die, too.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

It is always worth the effort to actualize them.

From Slate • May 13, 2023

One of the reasons fitness culture becomes an American export globally is because it’s such a perfect arena to actualize these fantasies about self-fashioning that we have.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

The revolt against its superstitions and excesses is justifiable only in a society that seeks to actualize its underlying religious ideal of personal purity and social service.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley