realistically
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Bill Plaschke wrote that the Dodgers are “now just eight wins away but, given how mediocre the American League playoff teams appear, they could realistically be just four wins away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Now, the market has tilted more toward mortgages at rates that very well could refinance at realistically lower rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Previously, connecting huge numbers of informal social media posts with standardized medical terminology required enormous amounts of work, limiting how much data researchers could realistically analyze.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Fifth or sixth was the general consensus for what might be realistically possible for Antonelli, who himself said after the race that he had "thought a podium was possible".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the last 10 of it, I would say I realistically experienced the physical, mental, and emotional reality of the Stone Age.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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