realistic option

collocation in English

meaningsofrealisticandoption

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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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option
noun
uk
/ˈɒp.ʃən/us
/ˈɑːp.ʃən/
one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make ...
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(Definition ofrealisticandoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrealistic option

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In practice, however, this is arealisticoptiononly for a limited number of markers in, say, more detailed mapping after a first genome scan.
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To decry his independence from sociohistorical forces was not arealisticoption.
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If increased size meant increased productivity it was arealisticoption, if not then the opposite was the case.
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Intraoperative planning will become arealisticoptionif this can be improved.
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For others, the unavailability or unacceptability of community care meant that admission to a care home was the onlyrealisticoption.
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Here, the onlyrealisticoptionis to connect the software components in a pipeline.
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This meant that the onlyrealisticoptionwas better use of existing resources and better definition of the priorities.
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However, this cannot have been arealisticoptionfor tenant farmers on the land of the nobility.
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Potato blight control - is a sustainable approach arealisticoption?
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Keeping pace with the increasing demand for road space simply by building roads is not arealisticoption, financially or environmentally.
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We also recognise that, for others, work is not arealisticoption.
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It is not arealisticoptionfor a consumer who is not satisfied with the director general's decision.
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Privatisation of the authority is not arealisticoptionat this stage.
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That is the only sensible option, probably the onlyrealisticoption, left in the world into which we seem to have already moved.
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In other words, cherishing hopes for confidence-building is not arealisticoptionany more.
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Most agree that, for the time being, rateable value is the onlyrealisticoption.
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With the help of modern technology, that is becoming a morerealisticoption.
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When we examined the facts and calculated the chances of our obtaining a protocol, it became clear that it was not arealisticoption.
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I do not think that that is arealisticoption.
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It has to be said that 60 is no longer the mostrealisticoption.
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