literal
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Then there were the toilets: Literal, singing ones for hydration brand Liquid IV’s Super Bowl debut, urging viewers to check what color their urine was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
It was an uncanny experience: Literal scores of people who had previously been disembodied online avatars or voices on the phone were now conjured before me in the flesh, like a resting-pulse sequel to Jumanji.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025
And so I think that what happens with cinema is that there’s so many cooks in the kitchen that everything becomes very Land of the Literal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
Literal copying is the easiest form of infringement to punish.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
“Good evening, Hazel Grace. Do you suppose you could find your way to the Literal Heart of Jesus around eight P.M.?”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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