as in to realize
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Recent Examples of concretize
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.
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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
Pullman excels at concretizing evocative notions (self-consciousness, for instance, or how the self experiences its own contradictions) in witty dialogue between a child and his animal-shaped soul mate.
—Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
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
Pullman excels at concretizing evocative notions (self-consciousness, for instance, or how the self experiences its own contradictions) in witty dialogue between a child and his animal-shaped soul mate.
—Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretize
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While most people have heard of web scraping, far fewer likely realize just how widespread the practice actually is.Sandro Shubladze, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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His shortcomings as have kept the Trojans from even dreaming of realizing their championship ambitions.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Journalists need to begin practicing their craft by recognizing their own biases and working around them, not using their platform to actualize them.Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 25 Nov. 2024
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This year that’s been actualized with more in-game power, which was always the hope.Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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The game has come to embody the spirit of the armed forces; the Black Knights come from the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Midshipmen are from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Buendia arguably embodied that school of thought more than any other.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Fragrance Trends at Retail At key fragrance destinations like Ulta Beauty, Sephora and Macy’s, this emphasis on value is manifesting in a few ways.Noor Lobad, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Then, against the backdrop of one franchise cornerstone’s free agency, another began to manifest.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Thanks to tricks like variable valve timing and individual throttle bodies 3.0-liter inline-six made 286 horsepower — this in an era when a Ferrari V-8 needed 3.4 liters to squeeze out 296 hp.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
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Between 1934 and 1936, Mercedes built just 342 examples of the 500 K. Of these, 29 were bodied as two-seat, open-top Special Roadsters.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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