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area, arena, bailiwick, barony, business, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk
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Some powerful people in Washington think Google is too big, and to them, nothing the company does is outside the realm of potential anti-competitive behavior. — Los Angeles Times, "Google parent’s investing arm battles suspicions in profit quest," 27 Aug. 2019 Obviously anything beyond that is clearly in the realm of science fiction, much like the whole idea motivating this: Musk's hope is that getting humanity integrated into computers' home turf might make AI less hostile. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change," 13 Aug. 2019 Outside the realm of artistic production, though, the rappers’ broader approach to criminal justice reform is less targeted in its vision. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "Free Meek and the Tricky Role of Celebrity Activism," 9 Aug. 2019 In a Democratic field with seven senators, three governors, four mayors and four sitting congressman who can easily blur together, Sestak stands out for at least having done significant things in his life outside the realm of politics. — Jim Geraghty, National Review, "Joe Sestak: The Most Interesting Democrat You Forgot Was Running," 6 Aug. 2019 What the wellness community does not seem to understand is that for many women, their health and their bodies are outside the realm of their own control — and that's OK. — Kalpana Mohanty, Teen Vogue, "Being Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness Taught Me That Health Isn't a Meritocracy," 5 July 2019 While universities sometimes investigate misconduct that could amount to a crime, those findings do not show up on background checks, as these investigations typically operate outside the realm of the criminal-justice and legal systems. — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, "UW finds star athlete’s sexual assault allegation credible, but athletic executive quietly moved on," 17 June 2019 However, the company is still far from being on equal footing with UPS and FedEx in this realm, The Washington Post reported in June. — Jonnelle Marte, Washington Post, "FedEx ends ground shipping contract with Amazon," 7 Aug. 2019 In this realm, CourseKey has some big competitors, including Instructure, a $1.5 billion public company that makes edtech software Canvas. — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, "24-year-old SDSU grad raises $5 million for college startup CourseKey," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'realm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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