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: a primary marine or terrestrial biogeographic division of the earth's surface
Examples of realm in a Sentence
new discoveries in the realm of medicine
in political and legal realms
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In the realm of the visual, the Renaissance umanisti became humanists in our sense, almost by accident: what the painters learned from the past gave them license to enliven their work with faces, bodies, and desires.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The modular form’s numbers only had to be equivalent in the realm of what’s known as clock arithmetic.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
Earlier this month, leading experts in the realm of the mind gathered in Heraklion, Crete, for the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS) annual conference.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Leno continued to explain how, in his day, friends didn’t talk about their political positions — even those in the comedic realm.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 27 July 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
The modular form’s numbers only had to be equivalent in the realm of what’s known as clock arithmetic.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
Earlier this month, leading experts in the realm of the mind gathered in Heraklion, Crete, for the International Center for Consciousness Studies (ICCS) annual conference.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Leno continued to explain how, in his day, friends didn’t talk about their political positions — even those in the comedic realm.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 27 July 2025
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“Realm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/realm. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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: field of influence or activity
the realm of art
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