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actuality

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


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In actuality, data exists on computer servers, its components “as tangible as gold bullion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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, 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 ● Oct. 16, 2025

A tadpole is potentially a frog, and as it grows it develops from potentiality to actuality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Meanwhile, its actualities are largely cloaked from scrutiny until they shimmer into a very pricey item loved by both parties.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2021

To be truly useful, an analogy must be precise not only in its actualities but in its potentialities.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2017

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

From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2017

The historian whom we love is one who stands at the parting of the ways, and sees ideals grow into actualities.

From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers




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