for real
Example Sentences
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There have always been overeager people who, through either extreme wishful thinking or some quirk of brain chemistry, have come to believe that science fiction hides secret messages or covers up for real events.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In his plea, Max acknowledged bartering art for real estate and hiding income to buy real estate in Southampton, New York, the US Virgin Islands and upstate New York.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
To test this, the team created a multimodal artificial network in which spatial and distributed systems competed for "real estate."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
SINGAPORE—At Richard Lim’s car dealership in this small but wealthy city-state, the price tags seem more fitting for real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And then, around ten o’clock that night, the wind and rain started for real.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
