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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The young cast also featured Mitchell Musso as best friend Oliver, Jason Earles as Miley's brother Jackson and Moises Arias as Jackson's sidekick Rico, as well as Miley Cyrus' real-life dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, as Robby Ray.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Scientists could perform brain scans to look at how social media affects the brain’s reward centers, but that would require teenagers to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans—which would also not exactly be a true snapshot of their real-life social media use, Radesky says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
Peck recently appeared in the HBO series The Last of Us as Janowicz and in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, playing real-life physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Katharina is played by Pustovit, a Ukrainian actress whose real-life story closely echoed that of her character.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Scientists could perform brain scans to look at how social media affects the brain’s reward centers, but that would require teenagers to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans—which would also not exactly be a true snapshot of their real-life social media use, Radesky says.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
Peck recently appeared in the HBO series The Last of Us as Janowicz and in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, playing real-life physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Katharina is played by Pustovit, a Ukrainian actress whose real-life story closely echoed that of her character.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-life. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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