realms

noun

plural of realm
1
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence medieval history is really Professor Clinton's realm, so I'll let her answer your question

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2
as in confines
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends a medical breakthrough that is within the realm of possibility

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Recent Examples of realms The Avengers Pavilion coming to Stark Expo at Hong Kong Disneyland will take guests across realms. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 The realms of roots music and Americana are also rife with pop possibilities. — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 In the realms of art, literature, film, and television, words and images that would once have been considered indecent, offensive, or immoral are now commonplace, especially in the West. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 That’s perhaps not much comfort to the Philippines and other rival claimants to the South China Sea who are on the receiving end of Chinese hard power — in a world where, increasingly, in both the physical and digital realms, might makes right. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026 To map out these heavenly realms takes a certain amount of ego and pollyannaism otherwise absent from Reilly’s worldview. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026 The preview opens with an introduction to demon king Ravana asserting his dominion across the three realms of heaven, earth, and the underworld. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 July 2026 Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory — Khazad-dûm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings. — Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026 Su’s comments, at an event to promote the company’s new hardware, underscore the extent to which the growing power of AI is causing novel flashpoints and challenges that stretch across the technology industry and geopolitical realms. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for realms
  1. areas
  2. scopes
  3. domains
  4. extents
  5. departments
  6. ranges
  7. spheres
  8. dimensions
Noun
  • Specifically designed with game day in mind, the private members areas and bars can be converted into viewing platforms so guests can watch from a lounge or be in the action and watch live from the stands.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • New Atlas The park can be found next to Bonghwa Middle School, not far from Mangu Station, and is reachable via numerous buses from other areas of Seoul.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • As marketing departments respond to these market changes, procurement executives’ scopes are evolving in parallel.
    — Michelle Douglas, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of scopes
Noun
  • Then the criminals set up malicious websites on the fake domains.
    — David Berreby, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The challenge is that manganese telluride normally forms multiple magnetic domains, which can point in different directions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Among the concert recordings are three full concerts being released for the very first time and several more full recordings of shows that have been excerpted, to varying extents, for past releases.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026
Definition of extents
Noun
  • The departments alleged that the school district violated parental rights protected by FERPA.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While discussing the city’s overall youth violence prevention strategy Tuesday night, council members Lisa Kaplan and Mai Vang both suggested reassessing oversight of the program to create more cohesion with other departments doing similar work.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • This is especially true for the Sierra and North Coast ranges, where extra snowfall could come in the form of significantly higher-than-normal totals in the high peaks.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Century City flagship in Los Angeles, for example, carries the full women's and men's ranges alongside its more recent scrubs business, while incorporating smart fitting rooms connected to customers' membership profiles and purchase histories.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranges
Noun
  • As the perfumery acknowledges, these collaborations allow the brand to gain exposure in other creative spheres while also creating a product that is reflective of both specialties.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Such habits eventually enable young adults not only to navigate the online world – but also to interact and flourish in the spheres of higher education, work, and civic participation.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of spheres
Noun
  • The Pro shares the same exact dimensions and geometry with the original X-Dome 1+, ensuring the same level of comfort at camp.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Part of that will depend on whether Black, whom the new staff thinks has the physical dimensions to be a high-level nose tackle, ends up playing well over the center, which would allow the Steelers at times to shift Benton over.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of dimensions

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