actual

Example Sentences

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So now we are in “Phase 2”—getting an actual nuclear deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The actual value of the cosmological constant is incredibly small compared with what theory predicts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

I’m just interested in how you see the distinction between that persona and the actual you.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

The videos "crowd-out" posts from actual entrepreneurs with Down syndrome, potentially siphoning away business, Rowe said.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

I watched their fingers fly across the keys and realized that the programming for an actual Glitch was almost identical to the simulation programming I’d learned back at the Academy.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin