actual
Example Sentences
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The key was seamlessly integrating in-camera footage with broadcast footage from actual races that offered happy accidents such as rain and a crash.
From Los Angeles Times
It is not a replacement for professional help, of course, or participating in actual community building wherever you live and to whatever extent suits you.
From Salon
Yet some analysts say the selling was indiscriminate, based more on fear of the unknown than an actual and serious threat.
From MarketWatch
By launching ETFs and complex derivatives, Wall Street has enabled investors to bet on the price of bitcoin without needing to buy or hold the actual coins, some analysts said.
“Send Help” is an actual horror show where a downtrodden employee gains flesh-and-blood power over her cruel boss when the two are stranded on a deserted island.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.