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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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You go there for a relief from the real world.

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Students will have infrastructures to work, like an office space, let’s say, in the real world.”

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“When they get into the real world and have to build a new project, they will fail.”

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“The real world consequences for the subjects of those lies,” says the lawsuit, “have been devastating.”

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"Sometimes you cling to dreams so tightly that you lose sight of the magic of the real world."

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