realizing

Example Sentences

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“It’s difficult to decide you want to come home and do the finances of it all, then realizing it’s not financially feasible,” Mendoza said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

"I believe our results help demonstrate the power of Floquet engineering for realizing quantum systems with highly-tunable properties, paving the way for further research into periodically driven quantum matter and the development of its applications."

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

“Sometimes I think I’m just speaking to my core audience, not realizing the impact on the masses,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Trump said at a hastily arranged late-night news conference at the White House that he first thought the noise was a tray being dropped, before realizing it was gunfire.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

I tightened my grip around the letter, crumpling it mercilessly in my hand before realizing what I was doing and releasing it.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin