verisimilitude
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Though there’s something a little peculiar, in an age of digital verisimilitude, about watching a big-budget movie character scoot around like a Muppet, Favreau was adamant about showcasing the handiwork.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It has the verisimilitude of a case study and the dread of an existential drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Jean-Baptiste has credited this verisimilitude to Leigh’s intensive rehearsal process, where he and his actors work together to create characters from the ground up before shooting ever begins.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
But as with the many monitors, the walkie-talkies and rotary phones and control panels all worked, a verisimilitude that, to Benesch, made each uninterrupted, carefully choreographed take that much more stressful.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
When he had landed on the roof of his building, he sat for a time, weaving together in his mind a story thick with verisimilitude.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing verisimilitude
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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And Then There Were None
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