literal
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It was over in a flash, with half a dozen songs or so, meaning for the tens of thousands of campers here it was a literal case of if you snooze, you lose.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
These facilities need much more computing power compared to other data centers and that comes with a much larger footprint, in the literal and carbon sense.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Specifically, he posted an A.I.-generated video of a fighter jet, piloted by himself in a literal crown, dropping human excrement onto the crowds.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Thus cleansed of expectation, you move through a series of smaller, even intimate spaces in which you are given free access to a literal universe of biological data.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The old knight was a good man, but sometimes very literal.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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