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Princeton's WordNet

  1. actually, in realityadverb

    used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

    "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"

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  1. in reality

    In reality is a term used to indicate what is actually true or fact, as opposed to what is believed, assumed, perceived, or theorized. It refers to the state of things as they actually exist, rather than how they may appear or might be imagined.

Wikidata

  1. In Reality

    In Reality was an American bred racehorse. Bred in Florida, he was a son of Intentionally and out of the mare My Dear Girl, the 1959 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. His damsire was Santa Anita Derby winner Rough'n Tumble, who sired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Fager.

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  1. in reality

    Read the full text of the In Reality poem by Donka Kriseva on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in reality in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in reality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of in reality in a Sentence

  1. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:

    Refugees from Muslim countries may not be used to seeing extremely drunk people in public, it might seem a bit odd to some of them, if I may say so, but this is the reality.

  2. Zak Shaikh:

    Reality programming has been a key part of broadcast and basic cable for years. It was only a matter of time before Netflix went after the genre, in some ways, the question should be what genres are left for them to enter ?

  3. Simon Byrne:

    The reality of using technology or some form of hard check point in the border area is simply just not practical. There are over 300 crossings that we'd have to police on a daily basis to make that effective.

  4. Migrant Rights Director Steve Valdez-Symonds:

    Sending people to another country -- let alone one with such a dismal human rights record -- for asylum' processing' is the very height of irresponsibility and shows how far removed from humanity and reality the Government now is on asylum issues.

  5. Madison Cawthorn:

    1984 is a great fiction novel to read but it seems like it is becoming the reality we are currently living under more and more each day.

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