realize
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You need only look at the index’s crypto treasury companies, now affecting all of our retirements, to realize that that isn’t the case.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Liquidation can force investors to realize capital gains in that tax year if the ETF had gained in value, even if they would have preferred to keep holding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“With its generous scale, prime setting, and extraordinary vistas, the site invites a new vision where new construction can fully realize and elevate everything this exceptional property has to offer.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The doctors of 1848 don't realize that gangrene is the end result of bacterial infection.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing realize
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