in reality

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in reality

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idiomatic In real life, as opposed to online, play, make believe, or theory. A federal balanced budget sounds good in political speeches, but in reality the idea is simply a taxocrat's dream, as it would become a constitutional order to cover all spending, even the unnecessary, deficit kind.
Similar: for real life, in practice, in real life, really · Opposite: hypothetically, online, theoretically, virtual

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Español	en realidad, en puridad

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@misc{in_reality_2026,
  title = {in reality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20reality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}