realize
Example Sentences
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“I don’t think people realize this: If you look at Columbia, the significant increase of foreign students—it’s up to 40% of the student body.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It was eye-opening to realize just how many women, mostly, belong to book clubs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The audience should be taken by surprise and realize, in the middle of their laughter, just how truly clever the joke is, causing them to laugh even harder.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Soon the whole crew begins to realize that everything is subtly different and that they are in danger, now hunted down by this world’s John Ward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
My future had already gone off the rails, even if they didn’t realize it; I had already gone to France.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing realize
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