were realizing
- past progressive of realize.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly users everywhere were realizing that A.I. could now respond to verbal queries with a startling degree of humanlike fluency.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
BNY Mellon's Yu said nations were realizing that one or two dominant reserve asset blocks was "just not diversified enough."
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
In the 1990s scientists were realizing that the output of our genes is sensitive to factors not written directly into our genetic code.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 25, 2022
But it's all of those things and holding on to what we have, that's what people were realizing.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2022
They were realizing it as they looked at each other, feeling their own faces.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
