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actuality

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


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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

In actuality, the PSG players are going through the instructions in their head as they decide where to move.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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, they’ll be weakening one of the great checks against the actual threat—emboldening the real danger that is sitting, and amassing further power, within.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

In actuality the Beje was the center of an underground ring that spread now to the farthest corners of Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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