actual

Example Sentences

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Although the price cap sets the unit prices for gas and electricity, your household's actual bill depends on the overall amount of energy you use, and how you pay for it.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

How will media outlets ever reform if they are becoming less and less accountable to actual customers?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Because the detector signals are noisy and highly encoded, the AI learns the complicated relationship between those signals and the actual spectrum of light.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

But the “assimilation” camp’s actual issue is not an unwillingness to participate.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

The Sailsman’s actual name, she knew, was Lionel Holbyne, though nobody had ever been known to call him Lionel.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell