actuality
noun
actual existence; reality.
actualities
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pluralof actuality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His contribution, titled “The Nobel Returns Home,” celebrates how “the Arts — and literature in particular — are well and thriving” in Africa, “a sturdy flag waved above depressing actualities by a young, confident generation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
The appearance of unity is easier than the messy actualities.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2019
Bruner-Yang might not be famous for forecasts, but he’s an ace with actualities.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2015
She despises nearly all public art, for its obliviousness of the actualities of public life.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 15, 2014
But when I reflect that I don't know, for certain, any of your actualities I reflect with a crimson countenance on the months that have elapsed.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
