for real
Example Sentences
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Is Orsolya looking for real solutions or simply a way to feel better?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
“I’m really excited, and I’m so happy that people are starting to trust me and they’re really coming to me for real estate support.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
These days, a horror film must also be a blistering allegory for real life, with plenty of subtextual significance for the thinking viewer to glom onto.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
He went shopping for real estate, first buying out the warehouse space he had been renting, then turning back to the idea of reviving the bookstore.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“It’s kind of a relief . . . not being related to them. I don’t want to be like Mom and Dad, anyhow. But who am I for real? Who are my real parents?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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