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as in realistic
closely resembling the object imitated
the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer
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Recent Examples of naturalistic
In addition, treatment centers often provide rooms with soft lighting, a naturalistic decor, and music or other sensory stimulation.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The end looks narrower, sharper, more naturalistic but less pretty.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In short, this nearly unstoppable plant makes a great border for naturalistic or meadow gardens.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Other tokens were more geometric than naturalistic.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The end looks narrower, sharper, more naturalistic but less pretty.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In short, this nearly unstoppable plant makes a great border for naturalistic or meadow gardens.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Other tokens were more geometric than naturalistic.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naturalistic
Adjective
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This one, with its bright shades of gold, red, and orange, provides a pop of seasonal color, and the underlying wire looks like a realistic branch.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to Han, the dichotomy between the brothers’ maturity wasn’t meant to vilify Jeremiah but is actually a realistic depiction of how young men mature.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While tech giants like Meta, OpenAI, and Google are racing to create lifelike AI videos, Fable is avoiding that battleground.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This is the company’s guiding philosophy and aims to reproduce audio just as the artist intended with lifelike realism, emotional depth and spatial precision.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Unravelling the process To begin with, the team plans to study a brain organoid, a three-dimensional and millimeter-sized structure manufactured in a lab using adult cells.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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To make the shapes three-dimensional, hot-glue two shapes together and stuff with cotton.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As the day went on, the foundation settled into a softer, velvety finish that looked smooth and natural without crossing into shiny territory.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
19 Sep. 2025
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Parasites are found throughout our natural world and occur in nearly every major animal group.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Artificial intelligence offers a vivid example.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to the Michigan State University Forestry Extension, the most vivid displays of fall foliage come after a stretch of warm days with plenty of sunshine and cool nights.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Together with previous finds, the new fossils demonstrate that at least four lineages of hominins (creatures more closely related to us than to our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos) lived in eastern Africa between three million and 2.5 million years ago.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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So, is this a case where a living organism transformed into a non-living state by evolutionary pressures?—
Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Naturalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalistic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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