How to Use actualize in a Sentence

actualize

verb
  • These next four eclipses will help us to actualize this release.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 Dec. 2017
  • How have things been in your efforts to actualize that vision?
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Now, the challenge is to actualize it with a stadium plan.
    John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The government’s threats, first made in the week-long tit-for-tat in April, will be actualized starting Friday, July 6.
    Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
  • In a scene thick with irony, Rowan verbalizes the tragedy in having to execute a bright black man in order to actualize his plan.
    Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The group hopes to have their dream actualized by August 2020, the centennial of women suffrage in the United States.
    Natalina Lopez, Town & Country, 29 June 2017
  • The group hopes to have their dream actualized by August 2020, the centennial of women suffrage in the United States.
    Natalina Lopez, Town & Country, 29 June 2017
  • What’s the point of having agency, of being self-actualized, when your physical self might betray the whole thing?
    Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Oh man, is Michael gaslighting God and causing him to self-actualize his power problems?
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • Mark really helped me and guided me through this process of being able to actualize my songs into recordings.
    Dominique Moreno, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2021
  • To feel human is to feel heard, seen and understood and to actualize our potential with meaning and purpose.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • If Vivian is not seen to be fully self-actualizing and in charge of her own destiny, as well as her own sexuality, there might well be hell to pay.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But, perhaps, more importantly, these earth signs aren’t afraid to put in the work to actualize their aspirations.
    Allure, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Aquarius With the intensity of lusty Mars in your sign for an unusually long time, new desires are bound to awaken and actualize in your life.
    Rebecca Gordon, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2018
  • Peter travels the resort looking for those magical plot totems who will deliver the key piece of advice to help him get over the mean girl and become self-actualized.
    Tom Philip, GQ, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Roasting, not boiling, gnocchi is the best way to actualize their full potential.
    Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There was a newfound hope that Jagari and Mwondela may finally actualize their long-defunct dream of a career in music.
    Morena Duwe, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Black men who were completely confident and actualized in their ideals, even if the viewpoints were opposing and varied?
    The Root Staff, The Root, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Since then, between two and six people have been meeting on Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Chukchi Campus to share ideas and plans to focus on actualizing clean energy projects in the future, Nordlum said.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • An Egyptian drama about a woman who is still trying to self-actualize while raising two kids and keeping their lives together.
    Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The 100 percent grenache rosé bursts with fresh summer fruits, like rhubarb and strawberries, to actualize Walsh’s description, produced with grapes grown and picked specifically for rosé wines.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • If history is a guide, Trump will not fully actualize his populist movement.
    Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 9 July 2021
  • It’s about how these people have to actualize themselves and become real human beings.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 13 May 2021
  • This idea of steadiness is a quality Cohan tries to actualize in her character, Maggie.
    Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2017
  • But this time the potential for a national uprising was actualized as thousands of mostly Black residents of Ferguson took to the streets and inspired rallies across the country and around the world.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • How prepared are people and their organizations to adopt, adapt and actualize on the promising digital technologies being pitched as the path to the future?
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The name and theme of the podcast reflects those who push boundaries with the purpose of actualizing their dreams, and as a kid growing up in Markham, Illinois, Rob credits his mom and inspiration as the original line stepper in his life.
    Chicago Reader, 28 June 2018
  • Our eighth annual list showcases some of the continent’s brightest minds that are hell-bent on actualizing change across the world and multiple sectors.
    Laura Smythe, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Nobody wants to cede that much power to history, to admit so little self-determination in the land of actualizing dreams.
    Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Along with trying to actualize their Eurovision dreams, Public Image Ltd. plan to release a new album later this year, with details to be announced soon.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023

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