real part
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of real part
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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“Somehow Christmas music brings comfort and I think that’s a real part of it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Yet, much like the entire $7.2 trillion federal budget, it is a bit of a phantasm—part real, part fantasy, part nightmare, not likely to materialize in life, except as a warped caricature of itself.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2024
This season was so much about trauma, which is a word that has become a real part of the cultural conversation over the last few years.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024
“That’s what this book is about — how to create a yard that is a real part of the natural world. The kind of yard where, if you look closely, something is moving.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023
I had been kept out of their world too long ever to be able to become a real part of it.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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