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reality

[ree-al-i-tee] / riˈæl ɪ ti /


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"I didn't want to be the bearer of the reality, but we've got a game."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

You might think, “There’s no way that this influencer got all of this paid for,” but the harsh reality is that they most likely did.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

That’s the wonderful thing about documentaries: They might deal in reality, but the genre uses nonfictional perspective to highlight the difference between fact and truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Here is the actual reality of our grown-up life: When our youngest daughter was 2 months old, she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for a lung infection.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

In reality, I’m thinking about the last time I ate cookies-and.cream ice cream.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

WSJ’s Roberto Ferdman went to Cuba to see firsthand how these two divergent realities are coming into conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

In his eyes, beauty takes all forms, morphing into the grotesque and outrageous before transforming again into a light, airy meringue, generously portioned atop life’s dense realities.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"They are very sensitive to such measures because they could expose information that the regime has sought to conceal -- the realities of South and North Korea."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

But Damien says these are inconsequential when compared with the realities of the fight game.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

That year, the conversation about boys had turned from hypothetical dreams of rappers and movie stars to realities of neighbors and classmates.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson


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