real-life
adjective
: existing or occurring in reality : drawn from or drawing on actual events or situations
real-life problems
real-life drama
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There’s something about studying real-life situations that have happened and then creating and imagining into this fictional kind of characterization of things.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
In the new study, the researchers used real-life data to simulate different flooding scenarios and compared them to measurements of what the climate looked like before the widespread use of fossil fuels in the new study.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
Another contribution was making sure the animals moved as smoothly as real-life basketball players.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The fact that Gen Alpha and Gen Z are using video game speak to describe their real-life experiences shows just how interwoven their real world has become with the digital one, Aleksic says.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
In the new study, the researchers used real-life data to simulate different flooding scenarios and compared them to measurements of what the climate looked like before the widespread use of fossil fuels in the new study.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
Another contribution was making sure the animals moved as smoothly as real-life basketball players.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
The fact that Gen Alpha and Gen Z are using video game speak to describe their real-life experiences shows just how interwoven their real world has become with the digital one, Aleksic says.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-life. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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