as in to begin
to come into existence
several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized
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Recent Examples of actualize
By 2000, Boyd was able to share that appreciation with others and actualize a long-time dream by opening an arthouse in Santa Rosa called the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside.
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The goal is to actualize both protection and connection under the Mars-Saturn trine.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
The partnership has access to $50 million in equity capital from family offices and high net worth investors to actualize its business plan.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
This is the American West actualized and disoriented, where humans are an afterthought.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The goal is to actualize both protection and connection under the Mars-Saturn trine.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
The partnership has access to $50 million in equity capital from family offices and high net worth investors to actualize its business plan.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
This is the American West actualized and disoriented, where humans are an afterthought.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualize
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Many are optimistic the recent leadership change will begin to bear fruit.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The field, north of the mining town of Ballarat, had been used as a campsite during the Australian Gold Rush, which began in 1851 and continued for decades.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
20 Feb. 2026
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And then the show started to really explode.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Chess, meanwhile, is thought to have originated in ancient India, and nobody really knows when or where backgammon originated.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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The challenge originated 48 years ago as the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart challenge, a fundraiser that taught kids the importance of heart health through jump roping.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Within the context of Moore’s Law, the primary bottlenecks arise from the physical limits of transistor scaling, memory and data-transfer speeds, and software and algorithmic inefficiencies.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Problems arise when trees interfere with power lines, but professional pruning can correct this.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
5 Feb. 2026
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Principal photography will commence June 2026.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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While some Winter Olympic qualifying rounds begin on Wednesday, February 4, the Milano Cortina Games officially commence with the opening ceremony on February 6 and run until Sunday, February 22.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
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In a video demo, Alibaba showed a robot with pincers for hands that appeared to be able to count oranges, pick them up and place them in a basket.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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An armed intruder stood on Guthrie’s doorstep in the dead of night, wearing a balaclava, a bulky backpack, and what appeared to be black neoprene gloves.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the Sierra population, there are about 20 Sierra Nevada red foxes living in the Cascade mountain range of Northern California.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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First, there are the concentric circle features, which look like wispy shells of ejecta blown off of the star.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Actualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualize. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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