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: a primary marine or terrestrial biogeographic division of the earth's surface
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new discoveries in the realm of medicine
in political and legal realms
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Way back a full generation ago, the original beta realm of Path of Exile ran from August 2011 to October 2013, just over two years.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Children's literature, from Aesop to the Brothers Grimm and more recently Roald Dahl, has always operated in the realm of the grotesque.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Its rigid thematic frame—an arid realm of thinly evoked abstractions—carries over into its composition.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2023, Sberbank CEO German Gref noted that Russia's lack of access to graphics processing units, the microchips that support AI development, make progress in this realm difficult.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Children's literature, from Aesop to the Brothers Grimm and more recently Roald Dahl, has always operated in the realm of the grotesque.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Its rigid thematic frame—an arid realm of thinly evoked abstractions—carries over into its composition.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2023, Sberbank CEO German Gref noted that Russia's lack of access to graphics processing units, the microchips that support AI development, make progress in this realm difficult.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Realm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/realm. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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realm
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: field of influence or activity
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