real time
noun
: the actual time during which something takes place
… the computer may partly analyze the data in real time (as it comes in) …—
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
While studying marketing and business in college, Phouangphet began exploring ways to apply those skills in real time, eventually channeling that mindset into building MADE MOBB alongside Launiu and Nguyen.
—Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
This is the destruction of meaning in real time.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
Ball tracked its movement digitally in real time.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
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“Real time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real%20time. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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