The actuality was quite different from the theory.
the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists
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In actuality, Fishburne’s next dream role is simply the one that finds him next.—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025 In actuality, schools have about two bucks per lunch.—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025 In actuality, there are quite important reasons for pregnant people to rely on acetaminophen for pain management and to reduce fevers.—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025 Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and actualities of a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack on the United States is Netflix’s best horse in the race at the Oscars this year.—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for actuality
Word History
Etymology
Middle English actualite "capacity for action, effective power," borrowed from Medieval Latin āctuālitāt-, āctuālitās, from Late Latin āctuālisactual + Latin -itāt-, -itās-ity
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