as in very
happening in the real world rather than in a story
real-life problems a real-life drama
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Recent Examples of real-life
But the real-life meeting was even more interesting.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Prior, Coy also starred for Simon, portraying real-life journalist ‘A.C. Thompson’, in HBO’s award-winning New Orleans-set post Hurricane Katrina drama Treme.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Adding to the urgency, iOS 18.4 and the other upgrades issued alongside it include important security updates for your iPhone — some of which have been used in real-life attacks.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The sports drama, inspired by the real-life rivalry between Go masters Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho, earned $3.5 million from 544,259 admissions, securing 61.74% of the weekend market share, according to Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Prior, Coy also starred for Simon, portraying real-life journalist ‘A.C. Thompson’, in HBO’s award-winning New Orleans-set post Hurricane Katrina drama Treme.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Adding to the urgency, iOS 18.4 and the other upgrades issued alongside it include important security updates for your iPhone — some of which have been used in real-life attacks.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The sports drama, inspired by the real-life rivalry between Go masters Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho, earned $3.5 million from 544,259 admissions, securing 61.74% of the weekend market share, according to Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for real-life
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As he's proven in his current role as the very bro-y brother on White Lotus — not to mention his Kennedy family lineage — Patrick Schwarzenegger definitely has the chops to pull it off.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The very premise of the production is a gimmick, a way to let an actor show off and dazzle the audience with some tricks.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The preview doesn’t offer up much in terms of storyline — has the digital world of Tron invaded reality, with light cycles splitting actual police cars in half, or have graphics in the simulation improved mightily over the past decades?—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Both chambers must approve it before lawmakers can begin building out the legislation with actual policy.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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When a Republican Congress and Democratic President Bill Clinton enacted welfare reform in 1996, researchers tracked its real-world effects without ideological preconceptions.—
Andrew V. Papachristos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Focusing on what is behind those words with real-world actions took one of our stores from having 5% of sales from the local Chinese community to over 40%.—
Matthew Phillips,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Following Hailey’s response to the content creator, fans praised the Rhode founder for giving real, relatable feedback.—
Dayna Haffenden,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Consistency is key: Heintzman recommends dry brushing at least once a week to get real results.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
4 Apr. 2025
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These concerns appeared to strike a chord—at least in part—with U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken, who brought up the issue several times during this week’s fairness hearing over whether to grant the settlement’s final approval.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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And Kansas is among the basketball standout’s final four.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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Here’s one that’s also extremely interesting to me based on some of our brightest experts predicting the kinds of human-computer interactions that look and seem authentic to the human user.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The chemistry between the cast is expected to feel effortlessly authentic, as Kardashian and Anthony share a long-standing real-life friendship.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Well-known before, the attorney would become a bona fide celebrity and an improbable thirst trap.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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Post-Butler, the Heat is right now without a bona fide superstar for the first time since the early 2000s, pre-Dwyane Wade.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/real-life. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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