in reality
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The wondrous Beauden Barrett sliced through following huge work from his pack; on the face it simple, but in reality, complex and beautiful.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
You're not incurring a direct cost on your books for this old software, but in reality you are, only it's an implicit cost until something like this happens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
“The real question is not what people have said about past elections but whether the elections that they run are going to be rooted in reality, informed by the experts in their teams,” he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Does anyone in the world have more experience when it comes to analyzing comments not rooted in reality?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nor were they of smooth gold leaf as in reality, but were patterned instead in fish-scale tiles of darker gold and brighter, so the sun didn’t merely glint on them.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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