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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Meanwhile, the real-life artists who provide the singing voices of the HUNTR/X trio have also been on the promotional trail.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
Young spoke with Variety about the unarticulated rivalry that the Lost Boys have with one another, playing an adult with the mind of a child and working with a real-life sheep while staging his character’s grisly demise.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
The Baladro sisters are inspired by a real-life group known as Las Poquianchis, four sisters who became infamous in Mexico for running a criminal network of brothels, human trafficking, and murder between the 1940s and 1960s.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
As for the other key plot point − what reason could their be for the aging musicians to get back on stage − that too was born out of real-life twists.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
Young spoke with Variety about the unarticulated rivalry that the Lost Boys have with one another, playing an adult with the mind of a child and working with a real-life sheep while staging his character’s grisly demise.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
The Baladro sisters are inspired by a real-life group known as Las Poquianchis, four sisters who became infamous in Mexico for running a criminal network of brothels, human trafficking, and murder between the 1940s and 1960s.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
As for the other key plot point − what reason could their be for the aging musicians to get back on stage − that too was born out of real-life twists.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for real-life
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-life. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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