real
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"I am now looking forward to continuing to make a real contribution to the Conservative team in Parliament and beyond, to build and amplify our vision for Britain, from the back benches."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Investment concentrated in real estate and in neighborhoods already on the cusp of development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The real question is whether the market evidence verifies that this particular property belongs there,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The second group used the real and sham purifiers in reverse order.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“I absolutely agree, of course. I put that one out there today myself, in fact, and look how it worked. Brought you two in real quick.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
If purchased will cost 2 reales per number.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair
Maza tried to restrain himself because of Don Rosendo's superior position, and besides, he owed him fifteen thousand reales.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
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
“He shot ‘Socrates’ with 30,000 reals, which is around $12,000,” said Meirelles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Overall, the government expects the auction, which could continue into Friday, to bring in as much as 50 billion reals.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
The bolívar, the national currency, is worthless, and goods are paid for in gold or reals, the Brazilian currency.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
“Wow! For reals? That’s a lot of people.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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