realize
Example Sentences
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Sean Robinson, a 54-year-old schoolteacher in the US capital Washington, did not realize how high gas prices had gotten until he arrived at the pump on Friday.
From Barron's
“As time’s gone on, I realized my job is to make sure the films appeal to everybody,” the 36-year company veteran said.
“We don’t want to make decisions that would be adverse to the business to realize value in real-estate development,” he said.
Still, Fitch asserted that losses remained contained despite record-high defaults, writing that “realized losses for first lien lenders remained limited.”
From Barron's
When I wrote about it here recently I didn’t realize I’d be returning to the subject so soon.
From MarketWatch
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