real-world
adjective
: existing or occurring in reality : drawn from or drawing on actual events or situations : real-life
a real-world example
… the complex relationship between a word and the real-world thing it labels.—
Jean Aitchison
Jean AitchisonDigital objects aren't bound by the same constraints as real-world objects—that is, broadly speaking, the whole point of digital objects—but they're often made to look like real-world objects anyway.—Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman… combine the rigors of academics with the soothing realities of real-world applications.—Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo BiltonThe paintings are essentially abstract, but they don't feel abstract. They feature, besides passages of figurative drawing, a real-world aura …—Peter Schjeldahl
Peter SchjeldahlExamples of real-world in a Sentence
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Meanwhile, Adewunmi Akingbola, 27, is developing a public health playbook to improve the reliability of real-world data and biases in health studies.
—Pamela Jew, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Preceptors are experienced nurses who teach students in real-world settings.
—Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
In Autor’s ideal scenario, government agencies would leverage this influence by tying research grants and A.I. procurement to stricter requirements for product development and real-world testing.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
It was already known how to derive the Boltzmann equation from Newton’s laws on very short timescales, but that doesn’t suffice for Hilbert’s program, because real-world fluids can flow for any stretch of time.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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Pamela Jew, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Preceptors are experienced nurses who teach students in real-world settings.
—Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
In Autor’s ideal scenario, government agencies would leverage this influence by tying research grants and A.I. procurement to stricter requirements for product development and real-world testing.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
It was already known how to derive the Boltzmann equation from Newton’s laws on very short timescales, but that doesn’t suffice for Hilbert’s program, because real-world fluids can flow for any stretch of time.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Real-world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-world. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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