real time
noun
the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
real times
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pluralof real time.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Because I think all the women that raised me were the first real times that I saw myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
Some works of pandemic art are historical stories tethered to real diseases, real times.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2020
"We're talking about real people, real times and real events, as recorded in the brain."
From Time Magazine Archive
The details were so real: times, contingencies, strategies, and backup plans.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
We are here speaking of real times, and not of the conventional times.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Frances A. (Frances Alice) Welby
