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real world

[ ree-uhl, reel ]

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noun

the realm of practical or actual experience, as opposed to the abstract, theoretical, or idealized sphere of the classroom, laboratory, etc.:
recent college graduates looking for jobs in the real world of rising unemployment.

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First recorded in 1960–65

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There are some parallels to the real world, like the pandemic.

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This means the colour olo could not been seen by a person's naked eye in the real world without the help of specific stimulation.

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The band invented the name Rawayana, which it imagined as a remote island far from the real world and its problems.

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"We sat in the house all day and just took it all in...it was definitely needed before I went out into the real world".

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“But what does that mean in the in the real world? The Trump administration has already said, ‘Mr. Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador.

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