real
Example Sentences
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In the series’ hierarchy of importance, love comes before work, but friendship, as the Spice Girls sang, is the real prize.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Ministers communicating with each other by phone, by email, by WhatsApp - text exchanges a real time substitute for snatched verbal conversation.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“There was real sign of software weakness in IBM” that has justified the market’s lower expectations for the stock, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
And while I can’t remember how I answered, I know the real answer.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
I never knew she was referring to a real place.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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