REAL-WORLD Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

real-world

adjective

Definition of real-world

as in real-life

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Recent Examples of real-world The company also represents a real-world application of Google’s advances in artificial intelligence, as Alphabet works to turn a long-running research project into a transportation business beyond its core Internet services. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026 The maintainers refused, and AISI said the incident caused no real-world harm; Anthropic called it a serious alignment failure. — Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 These partnerships are also ideal for students seeking real-world experience while earning class credit or internship wages. — Pamela E. Walck, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 Carbon currently holds the number one spot on SEC-bench Pro, a benchmark that measures an AI model’s ability to discover real-world bugs, and ExploitGym, which measures how a model can turn a vulnerability into exploits. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for real-world

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Adjective

The mayor’s defenders countered that the marketing effort allowed Miami-Dade to enjoy a share of Rockstar’s ample promotional budget for a work of fiction that says no more about the real-life Miami than Miami Vice did in the 1980s.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Playing a dark character was hardly a new shtick for Woods, who landed his breakout role as real-life murderer Gregory Powell in The Onion Field (1979).

— Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of real-life

Adjective

While not entirely clear, the second stat here likely relates to how efficiently the cells are packaged inside the pack, rather than its actual volumetric energy density efficiency.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
However, the actual performance for input lag is a little mixed.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of actual

Adjective

As in many of the attractions, he’s based on a real person who experienced certain events.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
The tension follows the women to Courtney’s event celebrating her husband’s birthday, where the real entertainment for the evening was Tia and Gizelle lacing stepping in the ring.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of real

Adjective

Perhaps this kind of authentic representation of disabled life could be a fixture that younger generations will one day take for granted.

— Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
The freewheeling discussions on rewatch podcasts also align with how younger consumers prefer to see their favorite celebrities presented — authentic, unvarnished and free of the restraint of public relations handlers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of authentic

Adjective

The rule has traditionally included exemptions for bona fide news programming, but the FCC has raised questions about whether some political talk-show appearances qualify for those protections.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
In the ’90s and early 2000s, Sarah Jessica Parker cemented herself as a bona fide fashion darling, wearing looks from designers like Oscar de La Renta and Chanel.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bona fide

Adjective

Dunlay said the city prepared the report to provide the City Council with factual information about investments in the 2nd District over a 10-year period.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Within Italy’s unscripted sphere, the factual genre has seen the most significant growth, up 36% in terms of number of hours, with the number of domestic factual titles adapted from international formats doubling.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of factual

Adjective

Such a concentration of power could prevent the effective maintenance of checks and balances on policy decisions by institutions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
The effective ground game and fourth-down success helped Kansas run 86 plays to Baylor’s 66.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of effective

Adjective

Trump won his second term in office just days after the collapse of a new concrete canopy at a train station in Novi Sad, killing 16 people.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
This award-winning concrete dome in the high desert is designed to look like a UFO, with soaring curved ceilings, plaster walls the color of the moon, and furniture carved from boulders.

— Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of concrete

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