literal
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“AI has been helpful in creating thematically surreal images that occupy a dream space rather than a literal space,” Soderbergh said.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
And, of course, it won’t give us a literal hangover.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Like many autistic people, Haight’s mind interprets language in its most literal sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
“It is late for the literal, no?” he protests when the narrator presses him on biographical specifics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Of course, the man had been speaking figuratively, but it is rather interesting to see his words borne out so immediately at the literal level.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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