in real life
idiom
: in a real situation : in actual existence
We can laugh at things in movies that would scare us in real life.
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After all, Carrie has already been through the loss of Big, while her BFF, Stanford, permanently moved to Kyoto, Japan (his portrayer, Willie Garson, passed away in real life in 2021).
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Not only do abelian surfaces show up in real life — the real life of a mathematician, that is — but proving a modularity theorem about them would open new mathematical doors.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
Brown will be 21 in real life when the finale premiers.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Michael Landon Michael Landon not only played a father on Little House on the Prairie, but was also a dad to nine children in real life.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Not only do abelian surfaces show up in real life — the real life of a mathematician, that is — but proving a modularity theorem about them would open new mathematical doors.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
Brown will be 21 in real life when the finale premiers.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Michael Landon Michael Landon not only played a father on Little House on the Prairie, but was also a dad to nine children in real life.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 31 May 2025
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“In real life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20real%20life. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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