How to Use real-world in a Sentence

real-world

adjective
Definition of real-worldnext
Synonyms for real-worldnext
  • Click through the slideshow to see how the AI ads stack up against the real-world event.
    — Thomas Germain / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The idea was always to find a real-world location for the school and then augment it.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • What are the real-world consequences for the way the Court interprets it?
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The only real-world tie-in is that those who download the Wendy’s app can get a free 10-piece order of nuggets IRL.
    — Angela L. Pagán / The Takeout, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This is the real world and there will be real-world consequences.
    — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The study represents the first long-term, large-scale, real-world trial of the blockbuster drug, researchers say.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 2 Oct. 2023
  • So, our team set out to find the best through extensive research and real-world testing.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • But many of its rules seem too vague for real-world decision-making.
    — Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Part of the nightmare of it all is that Joan’s real-world behavior is subtly rewritten to cast her in the worst possible light.
    — Neil McRobert, ELLE, 22 June 2023
  • That's realistic for real-world oceans, but dull in terms of gaming.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The university plans to conduct real-world field trials over the coming six months or so.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Third, real-world studies suggest that up to 72% of folks stop taking the meds, even when fully insured, within one year.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • While the waists were much more extreme on the runway, in real-world situations, think corsets and cinched silhouettes.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The plight of the X-Men echoes any number of real-world instances of injustice, and, as a metaphor, that flexibility plays as both a strength and a weakness.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • What young people such as Seydou and Moussa don’t tend to see is the real-world struggles of anyone living on the other side of those photos and videos.
    — Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Go for real-world Barbie’s look with a pair of pale-pink Birkenstocks, or throw on your favorite pair of heels for an elevated night-out look.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • For our 12-page Word text file, there wasn't enough difference between the printers to matter in real-world use, at a 3-second spread from fastest to slowest.
    — PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2024
  • So how does all the science above translate to real-world application?
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 25 Jan. 2024
  • For me, there is a real-world tactile sensation, rather than a haptic one, that helps center thinking.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 8 June 2023
  • In real-world terms, that’s sufficient to power 12.7 million homes.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • These are questions applicable to the real-world restaurant world too.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2023
  • Like real-world autocrats, Winslet’s Elena Vernham is a person to tiptoe around and agree with.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Experts worry these systems could cause real-world harm as more physicians use chatbots to help with daily tasks.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • In contrast to the stop-motion workplace comedy, the real-world celebrity guests will conduct their sides of the interviews in live-action Space Ghost Coast to Coast style.
    — Vulture, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That isn’t a problem in and of itself, as many kids are prone to flights of fancy, but there’s surprisingly little real-world payoff to Prem’s daydreams.
    — Michael Nordine, Variety, 23 June 2023
  • High schoolers can now take classes that culminate in using AI to solve real-world problems.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In real-world situations, reactions to AI drive-thrus are still mixed.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 17 June 2023
  • Our real-world movement is highly specific and personal to all of us.
    — Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The list is also based on survey responses that capture the real-world experiences of those living in each place.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2024
  • The implication is that Deadpool, who was caught in limbo amid the real-world Disney-Fox merger, could be at risk of being canceled, despite having earned the studio $1.5 billion at the box office.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 July 2024

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