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actuality

[ak-choo-al-i-tee] / ˌæk tʃuˈæl ɪ ti /


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“I’m really happy that it looks like, ‘Oh, they must have spent so much time,’ when in actuality we just had such a great chemistry immediately.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The arrangement of dreams and actuality is frustratingly haphazard, more like a pretext to widen the novel’s scope.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

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, “The Housemaid” is about as depraved and delicious as a mainstream film can get, packed with narrative twists and guffaw-worthy choices from everyone involved.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2026

In actuality I wouldn’t have minded sharing the Object’s toothbrush.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

His contribution, titled “The Nobel Returns Home,” celebrates how “the Arts — and literature in particular — are well and thriving” in Africa, “a sturdy flag waved above depressing actualities by a young, confident generation.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2021

With those in our pockets, we can seize the possibilities and begin to make hopes into actualities.

From The Guardian Mar. 13, 2017

Bruner-Yang might not be famous for forecasts, but he’s an ace with actualities.

From Washington Post Jul. 21, 2015

She despises nearly all public art, for its obliviousness of the actualities of public life.

From The New Yorker Dec. 15, 2014

But when I reflect that I don't know, for certain, any of your actualities I reflect with a crimson countenance on the months that have elapsed.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James




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