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as in honestly
to tell the truth
actually, I'd rather spend the evening at home
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as in really
in actual fact
I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt
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Recent Examples of actually
Newman won the satirical Ig Nobel Prize, in 2024, for demonstrating that many of the world’s oldest living people may actually be dead.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Leaders should regularly reassess roles and training programs to ensure responsibilities reflect how decisions are actually made today.
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Brittany Caskey,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The trimmer line, typically a nylon string, is the part of your string trimmer that actually cuts vegetation, explains Steve Corcoran, CEO of Lawn Love.
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Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
A couple years later, Netflix won a $12 million arbitration ruling against Rinsch after the filmmaker claimed that the company actually owed him $14 million.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Leaders should regularly reassess roles and training programs to ensure responsibilities reflect how decisions are actually made today.
—
Brittany Caskey,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The trimmer line, typically a nylon string, is the part of your string trimmer that actually cuts vegetation, explains Steve Corcoran, CEO of Lawn Love.
—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
A couple years later, Netflix won a $12 million arbitration ruling against Rinsch after the filmmaker claimed that the company actually owed him $14 million.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
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Professionals who communicate honestly, understand emotions, recognize their unique value, and consistently earn trust will thrive.
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Budget honestly for a setup that typically runs $500 to $2,000 before recurring feed and bedding costs.
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This conversation happens right before the crew takes the guests on what looks like a really cool oyster farm tour.
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Tried and tested professionals to really help maintain a high standard.
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Open walls always beat closed clubs and quite frankly, are a lot more fun.
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That takes a great deal of knowledge, patience, and faith, frankly, to push through the challenges.
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At age 34, this very well could be the final World Cup for the 2014 Golden Boot winner at the competition.
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Until very recently, children in West Texas public schools were punished, even beaten, for speaking Spanish; today bilingual education is thriving.
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But this mileage may vary in another state; for instance, a charging order application in California and several other states does indeed operate to put a temporary lien on the debtor's interest.
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The heyday of the Hudson Valley Mall—and indeed the American shopping mall itself—is long gone.
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Mars activates your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources, motivating you to tackle sensitive matters with courage and protect what truly matters.
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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.
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“Actually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actually. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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