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
With those in our pockets, we can seize the possibilities and begin to make hopes into actualities.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2017
She despises nearly all public art, for its obliviousness of the actualities of public life.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 15, 2014
We were instant friends, who communicated not on the actualities of our lives, but through story.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2014
The sound of carriage wheels crunching along the gravel drive floated down and brought them back with a start to the consideration of actualities.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
