actuality

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The five years, in actuality, starts from the point at which United get the green light to put spades in the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In actuality, they’ll be weakening one of the great checks against the actual threat—emboldening the real danger that is sitting, and amassing further power, within.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

Upon opening my eyes, I discover the ‘brook’ is, in actuality, a horse releasing a powerful stream of urine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

"To be honest, at that time it was all quite abstract, and I think this year has been about turning it into an actuality."

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

In actuality, the Paris Peace Accords would be signed the following January and the last American troops would pull out of Vietnam in March.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides