Actual
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- I will make double sure of my actual genre and the role I am actually in, instead of the genre and role I think I'm in.
- The early editors of the Oxford English Dictionary commissioned actual lexicographers to cross-reference other Elizabethan texts to make sure that Shakespeare hadn't fooled them!
Source: The Catch Phrase Catches On - In I Know Your Secret Harry tries what he's pretty sure are frogs' legs, decides they taste like chicken and wonders why you couldn't just cook and eat some actual chicken instead.
Source: Tastes Like Chicken
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Sure and Actual. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/actual/sure
Actual & Sure. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/actual/sure>.
Sure or Actual. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/actual/sure.
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