realization
Example Sentences
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I stopped dead in my tracks as a realization hit me like an oncoming train.
From Literature
“I don’t think we’re early to this realization. I think most companies are late.”
Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.
From Barron's
The news-reading public used spirit gossip, spirit cartoons, and spirit love stories as distractions from the realization that there seemed to be no peaceful way forward on the increasingly heated issue of slavery’s expansion.
From Literature
The sales growth included a 10-percentage-point increase from net price realization, primarily due to higher prices for coffee.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
