real
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These sacrifices are real, but they pale in comparison to those endured during World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, one person on Instagram, external questioned why customers would ever want to see AI images of a restaurant's food even if they were closer to the real thing.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I want audiences to reconsider their beliefs about what is real and what is invented,” Reck said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I would watch the recordings come in live and coach the astronauts in real time to improve the images."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
I keep ignoring, and Jonah texts, demanding that I stop behaving like a spoiled child and have a real conversation.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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In 1590 the amount was raised to ten reales.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
The reader has some idea of the caminos reales of this country, and they were all like English turnpikes compared with that upon which we entered on leaving this rancho.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
In Caracas, prices are often denominated in dollars or euros, while on the borders, Colombian pesos and Brazilian reals are often used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
I’m just so happy that it’s all been captured for reals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement Monday night it had issued four fines totalling about 16 million Brazilian reals after Neymar was accused of illegally building an artificial lake at his mansion.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Overall, the government expects the auction, which could continue into Friday, to bring in as much as 50 billion reals.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
His proud facial response clearly read: Fur reals, you got this.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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