1
as in accomplishments
the state of being actual or complete
the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago
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as in cases
something that actually exists
these estimated tax revenues, from casinos that have yet to be built, are being treated as actualities
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Recent Examples of actualities
Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and actualities of a fictional-in-premise-only nuclear attack on the United States is Netflix’s best horse in the race at the Oscars this year.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for actualities
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What the 6-foot-10 Okafor did on the basketball court after arriving from Houston in 2001 speaks for itself, and let’s allow some of those accomplishments to repeat themselves for a moment.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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The accomplishments of the civil-rights movement in the nineteen-fifties and sixties and of the Sanctuary Movement in the eighties depended, in part, on the infrastructure, moral clarity, and greater purpose of the church.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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In other cases, there might be hundreds of these chameleon companies registered at a single address.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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It has been used in other high-profile cases like that of Joseph DeAngelo, dubbed the Golden State Killer, and Bryan Kohberger, who was charged with the murder of four University of Idaho students in 2022.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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This lunation could trigger feelings of exhaustion or bring messages through vivid dreams and sudden realizations.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Things may shift quickly, especially as this eclipse squares Uranus, bringing sudden realizations or changes.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Daily News has a duty to verify facts asserted in op-eds.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The underlying facts tell a remarkable story of how Isom is leading American brilliantly and boldly.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Created in 2016, the annual American Black Film Festival Honors is a gala event that pays tribute to the outstanding achievements in film and television from Black artists and creatives.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The council will also hear a presentation about achievements at Kansas State University’s Olathe campus.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026
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When district lines are drawn in a way that ignores these realities, the result is structural exclusion.—
Chris Alexander,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Engineered for Wind, Rain and Altitude FOGATTI’s upgraded weatherproof design addresses those realities directly.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
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One of our best successes has been building an agentic team called the Marketing Studio to roll out in product campaigns end to end.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But looking back, that was the high-water mark for Ukraine’s successes on the battlefield.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Actualities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actualities. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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