literal

Once a zone of promise and connection, the web has not only rotted and enshittified, it’s turned into a literal warzone.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

My aunt says I’m being too literal and that family isn’t supposed to keep score.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"We found the literal opposite of what we expected if you treat the bats with a lethal dose of this chemical," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

But with the perspective of 25 years, what’s lingered for the most part aren’t the most literal depictions of the day, but oblique dramas that capture something more subtle: the free-floating anxiety of a nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“And I met Bo and he was older and, at the time, seemed impossibly cool. Especially when I was used to a bunch of literal choirboys.”

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

But maybe not in the literals sense, but it’s about the price that you pay for things, that it’s a cost.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2015

Instead, Apple patched up Objective-C and XCode over the years, introducing incremental features like Grand Central Dispatch, collection literals, and blocks, making the whole edifice increasingly labyrinthine and ad hoc.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014

Mike read, following the lines with his pen, correcting the literals, and he cursed when the "devil" told him that ten more lines of copy were wanting to complete page nine.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by George (George Augustus) Moore

“Those fellows of yours make more literals every day.”

From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn