concretize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- concretization noun
Etymology
Origin of concretize
Example Sentences
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In June, a coalition of government agencies unveiled the National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics, that aims to concretize and make actionable the goal set in 2015.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024
“She wrote these wonderful books of heightened reality and magical worlds where she would concretize metaphor.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
What distinguished the memories of Sept. 11, when compared with ordinary autobiographical memories, was the extreme confidence that people had developed in their altered remembrances, which by the first anniversary had begun to concretize.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021
By 1979, the Dead Kennedys frontman, Jello Biafra, ran for mayor as the only progressive alternative to Feinstein, helping the punk concretize San Francisco’s reputation as a progressive political and cultural city.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2020
I wonder how you concretize what you’re saying and help folks who are struggling to understand.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2019
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