real world

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the biggest challenge, and one faced by all companies building humanoid robots, is developing artificial intelligence that can operate in the real world and cope with unpredictable and complicated situations.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

China has more than 40 state-owned robot data-collection facilities where hundreds of on-site humans mimic train bots how to move in the real world.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

In real world terms, the researchers estimated that the program prevented about three cases of type 2 diabetes for every 100 participants.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

But I’d argue that the Bro-tox trend is significantly less prevalent in the real world than in Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The place was part of the real world, then, and not a supernatural realm.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer