true to life
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But he insisted not everything in the film is as true to life.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
We think we know them but then we doubt ourselves, which feels true to life.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Going forward, Carnaghi says she’d like to see future iterations of this work add another variable—humidity—to the mix, to make the experiment even more true to life.
From Science Magazine • May 18, 2023
When did you first realize that the kind of physical proximity and emotional closeness you see on shows like “Friends,” “New Girl” and “Sex and the City” is not ultimately true to life?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023
It was metal, of course, but like the relief on the walls of Sarai’s rooms—the songbirds and lilies so real they mocked the master carvers of Weep—it was utterly true to life.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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