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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Courtesy of The Central Perk Coffee Company The fictional coffeehouse from the FRIENDS TV series is now the one that will open up a real-life shop in New York City.
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
He is set to team with his wife, AJ Lee, to face the real-life couple of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch in a mixed tag team match.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The drama, also starring Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein, was a monument to dramatic realism, so serious in its attempt to capture the truth that the production took bags of trash from the real-life Post offices and used the papers on the set.
—Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
These forums typically feature real-life acts of violence, such as murders, executions, and animal abuse, according to the ADL.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
He is set to team with his wife, AJ Lee, to face the real-life couple of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch in a mixed tag team match.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The drama, also starring Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein, was a monument to dramatic realism, so serious in its attempt to capture the truth that the production took bags of trash from the real-life Post offices and used the papers on the set.
—Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
These forums typically feature real-life acts of violence, such as murders, executions, and animal abuse, according to the ADL.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-life. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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