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real

[ree-uhl, reel] / ˈri əl, ril /


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But the discussion persists - and many think it is a real possibility.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

It “has much to do with real estate scions fancying themselves purveyors of a new Renaissance, but the buildings themselves are less inspired by Renaissance principles than vague stabs at worldliness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Texas while inserting provocative advice on child emancipation that the real organization says it never authored or authorized.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

But there’s a twist in her saga that even King didn’t foresee—Carrie has shown real staying power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I’m a ghost of myself and have no real connection to what is happening around me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

She even prevented his going to the barber's for fear he should spend the two reales, and so the barber came on Saturdays to shave him.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s

He attracted the notice of Candido, of the academy of bull-fighters at Seville, and he was accepted as a pupil and granted a pension of six reales per day.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

In Caracas, prices are often denominated in dollars or euros, while on the borders, Colombian pesos and Brazilian reals are often used.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement Monday night it had issued four fines totalling about 16 million Brazilian reals after Neymar was accused of illegally building an artificial lake at his mansion.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

He initially charged people 650 reals, or about $127, But organizers gathered enough donations, Amaral said, that they were able to cover the trip.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2023

“He shot ‘Socrates’ with 30,000 reals, which is around $12,000,” said Meirelles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

“Wow! For reals? That’s a lot of people.”

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III


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