actuality
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The arrangement of dreams and actuality is frustratingly haphazard, more like a pretext to widen the novel’s scope.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In actuality, the PSG players are going through the instructions in their head as they decide where to move.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
In actuality, LWD didn’t have much to do with Mamdani’s success.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2025
Upon opening my eyes, I discover the ‘brook’ is, in actuality, a horse releasing a powerful stream of urine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
So I know I should’ve been a brilliant detective or whatever, but in actuality I was one of the least observant people I’d ever met.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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