: true to life
a true-life story

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For Foster, who loosely based the show on the story of meeting her own husband, heading into Season 2 meant continuing to weave in true-life experiences that resonate with audiences, in collaboration with new showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan of Girls fame. Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 18 June 2025 Books by doctor-writers carry a special charge because of the true-life nature of the drama. Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025 Sebastian Stan, currently starring in Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, and White Lotus season two breakout Leo Woodall will star in Burning Rainbow Farm, the latest true-life thriller from Justin Kurzel. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025 The film stars Goran Bogdan (third season of TV’s Fargo) in a chilling true-life story set in 1993 in the middle of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for true-life

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First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of true-life was in 1926

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“True-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true-life. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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