realistic goal
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realistic
adjective
uk/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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goal
noun[C]
uk/ɡəʊl/us/ɡoʊl/
an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football ...
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(Definition ofrealisticandgoalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrealistic goal
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For obsidian, sampling and analyzing all sources is arealisticgoal.
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Checking topological mixing may be a morerealisticgoal.
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It had been a reasonable expectation and arealisticgoal.
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On this basis, one might reasonably question whether an explanation of consciousness is arealisticgoalfor cognitive science.
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This study suggests that this is arealisticgoalonce basic skills have been acquired.
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Recovery from apraxia is not arealisticgoalfor therapy.
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Overall, nurses in both groups demonstrated positive attitudes towards the investigation of continence problems, identification of continence as arealisticgoaland the importance of health education for older people.
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I believe that today's debate, too, has shown that this would not be arealisticgoal.
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A morerealisticgoalwould be to understand the history of other countries and their impartial version of events.
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It is vital that we make a university education arealisticgoalfor every talented young person.
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Cure is arealisticgoaland is achieved in over 80% of affected children; albeit only 20-40% of adults can be cured.
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Less frequent access to outdoor education is perhaps a morerealisticgoalfor some local areas.
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Given the manpower limitations of the nation, a morerealisticgoalwould have been a single battalion per province.
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The creation of individual codes for discrete areas of private law is considered the most feasible andrealisticgoal.
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The most common reason is an unwillingness to recognize when comfort rather than cure is a morerealisticgoal.
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Post secondary school is incredibly expensive, and for people living in poverty, college or university is not arealisticgoal.
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True adaptive expertise may not be arealisticgoalfor school learning, but the teaching for adaptive expertise may set students on a trajectory for later competence.
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With roughly the same number of participants in sport, it would berealisticgoalto have closer to 50% representation of women in these leadership roles.
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