real time

[ree-uhl, reel] / ˈri əl, ril /

NOUN

actual time for action or event

Synonyms

WEAK

actual time problem-solving time

Example Sentences

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That real time control is central to the approach, because the treatment depends on staying within a safe and useful range.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Business leaders need enough technical fluency to make build-versus-buy decisions in a market changing in real time.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

But to watch how far they are eroding in real time, that is what I find so troubling.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

With students using printed textbooks far less frequently than in the past, publishers allow authors to revise material in online versions of those texts in near real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

If Zeitoun went there, Ahmad could watch him, in real time, while sitting at his computer in Spain.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers