in-world
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The thrills are the in-world details and the exhilaration of survival, many references to which make their way into onscreen Easter Eggs for fans of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023
Of course, ATN, like Fox, operates in a larger media environment, and the episode is less clear on how election night is playing elsewhere, especially on PGN, the in-world analog to CNN.
From New York Times • May 15, 2023
This all occurs on the Blaseball website, where text and icons alone describe with a crisp simplicity all that happens in the League, and fans can bet fictional in-world money on the outcomes of matches.
From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2022
But it was also a good in-world reminder of not only how far the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come since the first Avengers film but also the reach and influence these characters have.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
Watchmen also included excerpts from other in-world texts: a character’s unpublished autobiography, an issue of a right-wing fringe newspaper, even an article from a bird-watching journal.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2019
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