realist

Example Sentences

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But I’m also a realist when it comes to award show politics and their intersection with societal attitudes, and I have seen this movie before.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

The 54-year-old Dyche, who was previously in charge at Everton and Burnley, said he was a "realist" about his precarious situation and spoke like a manager resigned to his fate.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

A pragmatic realist, he stopped short of calling for immediate emancipation, which he knew was unacceptable to most American voters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Ms Peggie's claims also include the allegation that she suffered "direct discrimination" because of her "sex realist beliefs" and that she faced "harassment or alternatively victimisation" relating to the internal disciplinary process carried out.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

All the same, Dick was full of fun, and he was shrewd, a realist, he “cut through things,” there were no clouds in his head or straw in his hair.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote