real thing

Example Sentences

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That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

But these templates don’t come anywhere close to the real thing, so Kakaiya decided to make an anatomically precise, patented 3D-printed model.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Some aficionados would still prefer the real thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"The real thing that we had to do was shoot the balls as fast as possible and pick up the balls as fast as possible to maximise the number that we could shoot," he said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

What if spatial sickness is a real thing?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly