How to Use realization in a Sentence

realization

noun
  • There is a growing realization that changes need to be made to the coaching staff.
  • The time between the idea and the realization of the idea is long.
    Lily Moayeri, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2022
  • And the realization of that just takes you back [to the keyboard].
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The realization sinks in: the conditions of the house exist in the world, too.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The realization hit Williams in the waning moments, as the field filled with a sea of black.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Then came the glum realization that their own job was about to get much tougher.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The project is a realization of the view Whittaker has shared for a long time.
    Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The concept is broad, but the realization of it is filled with detail and depth.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • That realization led me to start the Living Heart Project more than a decade ago.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 July 2024
  • Carmichael's realization in part led to the creation of his own series for the network, The Carmichael Show, in 2015.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Then, when the rise fails to resume, the realization comes that the old selloff has returned.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • For Hedman, the contract was the realization of a dream.
    Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • That realization came in the form of a late-night bedtime battle with my then 1-year-old.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In 2016, Luo came to his own realization that a job would not fulfill him.
    Grady McGregor, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The city’s realization is a long way off, though, experts say.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The 38-year-old wasn’t afraid of aging, but the realization last year inspired her to do something about it.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That realization can feel like a gut punch, Tellekamp says.
    Elizabeth Millard, Time, 18 Nov. 2022
  • One of the lightbulbs that went off for me along the way was the realization that most second homes are only utilized about 10% of the time.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 6 May 2024
  • That realization has led the star to collab with skin-and-body care brand Eucerin.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • Time helps – as does the realization that the darkest time in U.S. soccer’s modern era might have paved the way for the brightest.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The realization of the loss was disclosed last week by SVB along with a share sale to raise fresh capital.
    Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The new standalone restaurant is the realization of a collection of ideas that have come to fruition.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The idea for his YouTube channel came from two realizations.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But for many, that’s a pipe dream, and as the season goes along, the realization sets in that the A’s will be gone for good as far as Oakland is concerned.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • And that realization, and the hopelessness that followed, was why the Source Awards was one of the most depressing days of my life.
    Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The realization, Roberts said, that Burnes’ future was on the mound and not in the batter’s box was difficult for the youngster.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For me, the biggest realization was that there’s power in choosing to do it your way.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 July 2024
  • The question of Being comes down to a realization of our own being.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Perhaps the most dazzling realization of this ambition is the lounge and games room, in the adult-centric entertaining wing, where a monumental bar hand-carved in Italy from that single block of Breccia Capraia is a focal point.
    Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
  • There were knowing cliches and painful realizations and recognitions of privilege.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2024

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