Example Sentences

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Realists knew the trip to Club Brugge was about damage limitation.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

Political scientists Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels make this intervention in their book "Democracy for Realists":

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

Realists, like Jayapal, viewed that with great hesitation.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

The Realists believe that, generally, the best government leaders can do is manage bad situations to avoid conflict.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

Do we flatter ourselves that the Logomachies of the Nominalists and the Realists terminated with these scolding schoolmen?

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac