as in to realize
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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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As average citizens realize that wars and arms races are a con and nothing good will come of them, but environmental cooperation is very much in everyone’s mutual interest, the paradigm will begin to change.—
Winslow Myers,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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After more than a decade cycling through juvenile detention, foster care placements, and state prisons, Valdez realizes now that treatment for his mental health conditions would have made life on his own much easier.—
Renuka Rayasam,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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From jocks to nerds, cheerleaders to shy kids, Dazed captures the universality of being a young person on the cusp of truly entering the world, whether you're actualized or not.—
Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is how new ideas, inventions and creations are actualized.—
Simone Milasas,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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These leadership roles embody his dedication to knowledge sharing within the industry.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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In fact, Saira’s ongoing battle with anxiety is one of the film’s strengths, using the unlimited scope of animation to embody mental illness in a very physical and relatable way.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The stress of a demanding media schedule supporting her Best Actress Oscar nomination may have manifested with a toothache.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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City’s collapses have manifested themselves differently.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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But aside from Larkin bodying him on the first goal and Edvinsson blocking his shot out to Copp for the SH goal, what struck me the most was how the Wings’ PK changes since McLellan took over worked against him specifically.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
23 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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“Concretize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concretize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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