as in to begin
to come into existence
several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized
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Recent Examples of actualize
Olathe and Johnson County officials will be similarly involved in green-lighting individual steps required to actualize a team headquarters, practice facility and entertainment district.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Meow Wolf bridges imaginary worlds together and actualizes dreamscapes into real-life art projections and sculptures.
—Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The collective takeaway is that producing, forging and actualizing belief is a way to center oneself, turn the volume down on all the noise out there, and feel… well, to put it simply, good.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
The goal is to actualize both protection and connection under the Mars-Saturn trine.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Meow Wolf bridges imaginary worlds together and actualizes dreamscapes into real-life art projections and sculptures.
—Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The collective takeaway is that producing, forging and actualizing belief is a way to center oneself, turn the volume down on all the noise out there, and feel… well, to put it simply, good.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025
The goal is to actualize both protection and connection under the Mars-Saturn trine.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualize
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As the journey progresses, a male driver and his female companion (neither pictured on-screen) begin to discuss the Winkie.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Herein, begins the first of many game drives.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The four men still trapped have started to show health problems, including skin, stomach and intestinal issues.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Aranda followed with his 10th homer, but the Rays (35-19) were just getting started.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Stripped of any individuating pictorial or textual material, the sign remains recognizable as originating in the streets of Berlin through its figure alone.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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For the unfamiliar, Pokémon is an international phenomenon that originated in Japan and took off in the late 1990s.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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In cyberspeak, greenfield attack surfaces are potential vulnerabilities that arise from deploying brand-new technology.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The strange case of Scary Movie 5 arose during conversations with both Faris and Hall for Entertainment Weekly's Scary Movie cover, ahead of the film's June 5 premiere.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Work will commence in the next 60 days and should be complete by the end of June 2027.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2026
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But the City Council will need to sign off on those plans before building can commence, including how much of the sales tax revenue from the stadium will go toward paying off the city’s bond debt.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Beijing’s support does not appear to have extended to directly arming the Naxals, however.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Today, there are nearly 100 million people descended from those immigrants, and a visit really brings their story to life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Then there is the activism at its most mush-brained.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Actualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualize. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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