literally
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“That’s the point, you know what we should do? Pull the plug, literally unplug the computer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"My body is quite literally built differently," said Hodgkinson.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then there were the officials whose job is literally to know things, professing not to know anything.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
His vice president, Muhammed Jallow, said during a visit to a transmitter substation in the town of Bijilo on Saturday that Barrow has set up a taskforce that is "meeting literally on a daily basis".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Dimly, Josie’s father realized this effect was only because of motion sensors; it wasn’t literally a matter of all the light in his life leaving alongside Josie.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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