realist
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“I hate to be a realist to you, brother,” Navarrete told the young man, who wore a Dodgers hat and was awaiting the birth of his first child in weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The row first erupted after another academic - self-defined "race realist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Prof Arday's work.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plagiarism claims against Arday were first made in July by Nathan Cofnas, a US academic and self-defined "race realist" whose research affiliation with a Cambridge college was terminated in 2024 amid racism accusations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’m a realist, so I would like to know whether this is a realistic option and what other factors I should consider before making this decision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
His words pierced me, hardened though I was, realist as I wished to be.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
“We are realists, but we are not worrywarts either,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
Foreign-policy realists focus on interests and tend to dismiss shared values and myths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The idealists absolutely should push the realists ever further.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
“I'm a realist. Who says realists can’t have an entourage of fairies?”
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025
Recognizing both science’s limitations and its strengths requires a peculiar mixture of scepticism and confidence; relativists overdo the scepticism and realists overdo the confidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing realist
Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941), List 2
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