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
The tête-à-tête ultimately happened, and Cruz enjoyed her own moment of recognition when Swift spotted the difference between her Mare of Easttown character and her real-life self.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Caption with Intention has been a project in the pipeline since 2019 under the watchful eye of Bruno Mazzotti, an Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago who, having grown up in Brazil with two deaf parents, identifies as a real-life CODA as in the 2022 Oscar-winning film of the same title.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Each episode will take viewers inside the process of how investigative crime teams solve real-life murder mysteries.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Caption with Intention has been a project in the pipeline since 2019 under the watchful eye of Bruno Mazzotti, an Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago who, having grown up in Brazil with two deaf parents, identifies as a real-life CODA as in the 2022 Oscar-winning film of the same title.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Each episode will take viewers inside the process of how investigative crime teams solve real-life murder mysteries.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for real-life
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From the very beginning, Ben and I believed that our values and the pursuit of justice were more important than the company itself.—
Hugh Cameron
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ironically, the very adaptability and intellectual courage the future demands are often harder to cultivate in today’s college climate.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the actual cost of providing housing, meals and transportation for prisoners at Miami Correctional is about $80 per person.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
18 Sep. 2025
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This reliability could speed up the shoe design cycle and reduce costs, while giving developers a clearer picture of real-world performance.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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And that’s because the FDA doesn’t necessarily look at other benefits that offer real-world relief for patients.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The real clash with liberals is not over how big government should be, but over what the state should be empowered to do.—
Allan J. Lichtman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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That was an interesting time because so many people were trying to capitalize and not doing stuff that was real.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh occupied a precarious position for the next three years, cut off from the world, until a final offensive in 2023 sent nearly all 100,000+ residents fleeing into Armenia, abandoning an area Armenians had occupied for several millennia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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What looked like a fair fight in the early 2010s — Everton finished above Liverpool in the final two seasons of Moyes’ first spell in charge — is very different in 2025.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Their skin is clearer, more radiant; their hair is fuller; their glow feels authentic.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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It’s designed to ensure that your printer uses only authentic HP ink, which costs more than $10,000 a gallon (really).—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Platforms and policymakers: adopt standardized ad repositories, rapid-response labels for acute outbreaks, and auditable APIs for bona fide researchers.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The one-time slayer of Blockbuster now has a bona fide blockbuster theatrical hit.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/real-life. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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