concretizing

verb

present participle of concretize
as in actualizing

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  1. actualizing
  2. realizing
  3. embodying
  4. manifesting
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  • Operationalizing an intelligence grid could bring you one step closer to actualizing predictive marketing, where marketers drive personalization and optimization to improve customer experiences and economic ROI.
    — Thomas Zawacki, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of actualizing
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  • What changed her was realizing that natural ability wasn’t enough, leaving Hollywood for New York and studying with Lee Strasberg.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Capital One is getting closer to realizing the benefits of its transformative acquisition.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of realizing
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  • In the changeover, local DJ and sound designer Max Ville helped customize a hi-fi lounge adjacent to the dining room, embodying Brock’s zeal for collectible vinyl.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The characters are petrified like specimens, expressing and embodying only what fits into the film’s design, with no potential for inconvenient loose ends for viewers to follow outside the frame’s borders.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of embodying
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  • Protests continue to unfold, with pressures on the French economy manifesting further across financial markets.
    — , CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the concourses on Wednesday were full of groups of supporters manifesting ways in which the appeal would be successful.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of manifesting
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