actuality
Example Sentences
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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
But the disconnect between the show’s stated purpose and its actuality is telegraphed in a title that blares Dahmer’s name twice.
From Salon
In actuality, the song draws from “a three- or four-day period of my life that I blew up into this big thing,” Rapp said.
From Los Angeles Times
In actuality, the audience needs space to breathe.
From Salon
I refuse to invoke the phrase, "Elementary, my dear Watson," since it's one that's been famously misattributed to Holmes, though, in actuality, found nowhere in Doyle's pages.
From Salon
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