as in seeming
very close to being something without actually being it
Even after twenty years living on the same street the reclusive man was still a virtual stranger to his neighbors.
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Huge names as wide ranging as King Charles III, Leonardo DiCaprio, Camila Cabello and Paddington Bear have just delivered virtual birthday messages to Attenborough in a celebration of his life that took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall and aired on the BBC.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 May 2026
In the meantime, the village is working on a website that will eventually allow for virtual tours and setting up a nonprofit to raise funds and manage the influx of visitors.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
With virtual access reducing the urgency to be there in person, sales agents complain that buyers now send smaller staffs.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Some of these towns have become virtual ghost towns.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 May 2026
In the meantime, the village is working on a website that will eventually allow for virtual tours and setting up a nonprofit to raise funds and manage the influx of visitors.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
With virtual access reducing the urgency to be there in person, sales agents complain that buyers now send smaller staffs.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Some of these towns have become virtual ghost towns.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtual
seeming
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This seeming craze for doing plays that others have already done in other ways can provide familiarity and a shared vocabulary, a framework for fuller appreciation of the work at hand.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Despite some obvious physical scarring and a seeming predilection for contorting her body in creepy ways, Katie seems pretty healthy, or so the Egyptian doctors tell her parents.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Virtual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtual. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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