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actual

adjective as in existing at the present time

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Remarkably, there is little to no accurate real-time data about the number of actual emigrants.

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You can be so close as the assistant or first-team coach but being the actual lead and the guy responsible... it is a different job altogether.

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The actual Post Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, has a large collection of tattoos, including some on his neck and face.

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In actual medical practice, treatment is derived by trial and error.

After the third time she called and it was unfounded and not about an actual crime, there should have been some measure taken to reprimand her.

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