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Recent Examples of concretize
More than communication tools, languages help concretize the abstract, providing frameworks for making sense of concepts as fundamental as time.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
By exploring the looming threats of World War II through the personal, O'Connor concretizes the stakes for the island, avoiding what might otherwise be a plodding rehashing of history.
—Kristen Martin, NPR, 16 May 2024
To advance the story visually, the film concretizes certain allusions and memories.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
To physically change my body felt like an important way to concretize that work.
—New York Times, 10 May 2022
And as activists began to die in large numbers, ACT UP held several funeral processions both as acts of commemoration and to concretize the mass deaths the public refused to acknowledge.
—Dagmawi Woubshet, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2021
Over time, these differences tend to concretize, revealing the ultimate danger in partially remote workforces: the creation of essentially two different organizations.
—Brian Kardon, Fortune, 5 July 2020
Even the way Hollywood promotes itself, with costly parties at far-flung events, has changed in ways that may concretize, with major industry gatherings like South by Southwest, the fall TV upfronts and the Cannes Film Festival canceled or delayed.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2020
Thus, the outsize significance of the wedding ring, a clumsy flail toward concretizing what is essentially ethereal.
—Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, 3 July 2019
Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
By exploring the looming threats of World War II through the personal, O'Connor concretizes the stakes for the island, avoiding what might otherwise be a plodding rehashing of history.
—Kristen Martin, NPR, 16 May 2024
To advance the story visually, the film concretizes certain allusions and memories.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
To physically change my body felt like an important way to concretize that work.
—New York Times, 10 May 2022
And as activists began to die in large numbers, ACT UP held several funeral processions both as acts of commemoration and to concretize the mass deaths the public refused to acknowledge.
—Dagmawi Woubshet, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2021
Over time, these differences tend to concretize, revealing the ultimate danger in partially remote workforces: the creation of essentially two different organizations.
—Brian Kardon, Fortune, 5 July 2020
Even the way Hollywood promotes itself, with costly parties at far-flung events, has changed in ways that may concretize, with major industry gatherings like South by Southwest, the fall TV upfronts and the Cannes Film Festival canceled or delayed.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2020
Thus, the outsize significance of the wedding ring, a clumsy flail toward concretizing what is essentially ethereal.
—Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, 3 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretize
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There are no signs to mark these peaks, and even some of the homeowners who own the land don’t realize their lofty status.—
Nicolas Rivero,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Lopez’s yowza dress worn to the 42nd annual awards caused such a search frenzy that Google engineers realized people craved actual visuals (instead of the then-standard blue links) when searching for photos.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This is how new ideas, inventions and creations are actualized.—
Simone Milasas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Despite his claims in 2018, Trump could not actualize the executive order during his first tenure as commander-in-chief.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Brown’s work as Darden provides much of the emotional heart of the story; the character embodies the conflicting perspectives in L.A.’s racially stratified communities that swirled around the case.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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My mom embodied everything soft and strong simultaneously.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Azzedine Alaïa had a dream of having a boutique on rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré—with this location, his dream is manifested.—
Maya Ibbitson,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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That manifested on screen as a progressive revelation over the first nine episodes of season 5 that Judd was struggling with alcohol.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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On the next Boston possession, Brown bodied Dennis Schröder in transition for a driving bucket.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The studio executives who hired her for the show began to body shame her as soon as she got selected for the role.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Concretize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concretize. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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