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
In these real times, when all the Fairies are dead and buried, there are still a great many purses which possess that quality.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Dickens, Charles
