realization
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I teared up at the realization: We are our fathers’ sons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The experience of unpacking history often makes things feel more real, but this particular realization was simply uncomfortable.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
And Parton conveys the magnitude of this realization, stating plainly, “Sometimes the road is rugged, and it’s hard to travel on, but holding onto each other, we don’t have to walk alone.”
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Along with her death comes the painful realization that the chances of finding survivors are dwindling, as rescue teams continue to search for hundreds of missing people after this week's devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The realization jolts me in a way I don’t like.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Private-market vehicles assume regular realizations of unlisted share investments and repayment of private loans, which have slowed due to the lack of exits or losses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Such realizations are familiar in the community: You can miss out on something satisfying simply because it doesn’t match your predefined tastes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The team also measured how easily this fluid flows and found that its viscosity is extremely low, making it one of the closest realizations of a perfect fluid ever observed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Even the bump in realizations hasn’t been enough to sustain fundraising activity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
I wish it were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one’s life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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