How to Use in reality in a Sentence

in reality

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  • But in reality, he is touched so much deeper than everybody else in the room.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In the second half, Toronto will find out if those hopes are based in reality.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • And in reality, Paul Revere was not alone that night by any means.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • What looks like summer fun is, in reality, an extreme and sometimes painful test of the human body.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • But there are more forces at play right now, and the prices of oil and gold don’t, in reality, show a very strong correlation.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • But in reality, an ash pile can hold enough heat to start a fire many hours later—or even days—under the right conditions.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
  • But in reality, the City of Yes could now be more like the City of Maybe.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • During the board meeting, trustees asked what this initiative would look like in reality.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, there is much more nuance, layer and tension then what appears in the headline on tweet.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, their usefulness extends far beyond de-fuzzing black pants.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The reps, statistically, count the same, but the weight of the rep differs in reality.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There are many cleaning trends that become popular over time but in reality aren’t all too effective, pros say.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, the CRM quietly trained the team to distrust it.
    — Michael Goshka, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But in reality, there’s no magic number that works for everyone, Redline said.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
  • But in reality, closed or blocked vents disrupt the airflow balance and can cause pressure to build up in the duct system, making the blower work harder.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • But in reality, not every student is at the same level of understanding with every lesson.
    — Lucy Tobier, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the show Lasso orders four trays — presumably one for each person — which in reality would be enough to feed more than a couple of soccer teams.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, effective PR builds a brand’s reputation brick by brick—and that’s often a slow but steady process.
    — Jenna Guarneri, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But in reality, of course, this is just happening almost unconsciously.
    — Jinae West, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, leaders who find business success in the middle of their careers, like Garner, are more of the rule than the exception.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That means our view of ourselves, in reality, also has no darkness—there can be no misidentification or malpractice of ourselves.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But in reality, as scientists started poking large enough collections of data, there were regular hints of some strange ancestry in our genomes.
    — ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • When a problem gets this big, such simple diagnostics can be invaluable for grounding solutions in reality.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Yet, in reality, death is ever present—an idea that has become more acute for Gaia as her father, who is seventy-seven, has struggled with health problems.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Sounded great in a white paper but, in reality, people prefer for there to be a central party that can verify the seller has delivered and the buyer is good for the money.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Winning the backing of five member associations opens the door to a candidate but, in reality, there will need to be a whole lot more than that to oust Infantino.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And Sonny eventually integrates with a few of her fellow resort-goers, and learns there’s more to them in reality than her imaginings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • What happened at the Grand Rounds appeared to be an attempt to manufacture a scientific debate where, in reality, there isn’t one.
    — Ben Lopman, STAT, 2 July 2026
  • The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Still, these are the Steelers, who have historically embraced — by reputation if not always in reality — the idea of being a throwback of sorts.
    — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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