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Discover LudwigThe phrase "realizing later" is grammatically correct and usable in written English
It typically means that you understand something at a later time than you had previously. For example, you could say "I didn't understand the consequences of my decision until realizing later that it had a negative effect."
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She acknowledged that she shook her depression in 1994 only with nine months of counseling, realizing later that her continued ability to write during this period was "a sign that I wasn't very badly depressed".
As we listened to speeches, we leaned back, only realizing later that we had been lounging against cases containing pieces like the $1.5 million "White Bouquet" necklace, made of South Sea pearls and what looked like a half-pound of diamonds.
Realizing later that she had done much the same, she later issued a statement calling her remarks "ill-advised".
In complete astonishment of the situation, I found myself photographing the hole where my foot went in, realizing later just how chilling that moment really was for me.
It isn't easy being apart from the guy (or girl) you are madly in love with, but it's better that way than rushing a move-in and realizing later you jumped the gun.
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To realize later what had inspired it was heartbreaking.
I repeated a phrase I'd read somewhere — a cliché, I realized later.
But I realized later that what he had said could be construed to mean almost anything.
Another reason, I realized later, was a vague, underlying sense of distrust.
But she realized later that he had slipped her his e-mail address.
The whole world condemned Israel -- only to realize later how farsighted it had been.
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