actuality

Example Sentences

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The five years, in actuality, starts from the point at which United get the green light to put spades in the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In actuality, “The Housemaid” is about as depraved and delicious as a mainstream film can get, packed with narrative twists and guffaw-worthy choices from everyone involved.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

In actuality, the song draws from “a three- or four-day period of my life that I blew up into this big thing,” Rapp said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

"To be honest, at that time it was all quite abstract, and I think this year has been about turning it into an actuality."

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

So I know I should’ve been a brilliant detective or whatever, but in actuality I was one of the least observant people I’d ever met.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green