- present tense form of realize (3rd person singular).
realizes
Example Sentences
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He realizes it was a stretch and laughs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
It flickers a bit as she realizes that the Robin to whom she was so close—she raised him herself; his father was just a one-night fling—had a more complicated life than she knew of.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The computer-science major with an AI concentration now realizes he wouldn’t have honed the fundamentals if he had been allowed to use AI back then.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Da Costa realizes that journey with unforced naturalism, as if the camera just happened to be there to capture it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Joey quickly realizes the people of Tala aren’t really living.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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