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as in pragmatic
willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly
high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars
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as in living
closely resembling the object imitated
those special effects look really realistic—I'd never guess they were all computer-generated
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Recent Examples of realistic
Under realistic assumptions, our analysis is that F1 appears capable of cutting its direct emissions by at least 50% from its 2018 baseline.
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Caitlin Grady, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Anthem has suggested mail order as a cheaper option, but that is not a safe or realistic solution for me.
—Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026
That is neither realistic nor desirable.
—Wyles Daniel
may 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
The problem is solvable, but solving it the right way means giving international participants a realistic runway, not a hard deadline.
—Sharat Priya, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Caitlin Grady, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Anthem has suggested mail order as a cheaper option, but that is not a safe or realistic solution for me.
—Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026
That is neither realistic nor desirable.
—Wyles Daniel
may 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
The problem is solvable, but solving it the right way means giving international participants a realistic runway, not a hard deadline.
—Sharat Priya, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for realistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realistic
Adjective
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For me, Gucci, as well as the idea of American fashion, is very pragmatic.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
17 May 2026
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Guidance toward pragmatic self-control.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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In theory, that would mean rewriting 18 million points of code to convert a living roan cell to a reborn bluebuck cell.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mulch young plants with pine straw, bark, or other non-living organic mulch until established.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are few shoes as polished and practical as timeless loafers — something Meghan Markle knows well.—
Aaron Royce,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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These 100-percent linen pants have practical front panel pockets for holding small essentials, and shoppers praised the tapered design and ankle-length cut that work well on petite frames.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
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They can be used to soften hard edges and smooth transitions in more naturalistic plantings, or to reinforce the geometry of formal designs.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Gardeners are shifting to native, naturalistic designs using pollinator- and pet-friendly plants.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
13 May 2026
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The small robots wobble through the parks with lifelike movements, reacting to guests and showing emotion through body language rather than speech.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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Standing before a bionic face that still falls short of the lifelike standard the company is chasing, Gao says there’s work to be done before these robots can truly feel human.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Everybody was treating his performance as a natural thing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Lake Baikal, located in southeastern Siberia, is considered one of the world’s most extraordinary natural landmarks.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Watching delicate structures and vivid colors slowly emerge in front of my eyes felt like completing a cosmic paint-by-numbers kit.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Sylvie, a borderline recluse, has been watching her neighbors through a telescope and using them as inspiration for her writing, work that’s rendered in vivid detail onscreen.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Now better training methods and new technology—in particular, camera and radar networks that can precisely measure a ball’s movement and create three-dimensional models of a pitcher’s mechanics—have helped pitchers learn to throw harder and harder.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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And, most gratifyingly for a genre that can sometimes feel stuck in retrograde masculinity, a lot of those three-dimensional characters are women.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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“Realistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realistic. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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