as in seeming
very close to being something without actually being it Even after twenty years living on the same street the reclusive man was still a virtual stranger to his neighbors.
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Recent Examples of virtual The three-episode series, shot in a single week on the virtual soundstage, shows the actors in 40 locations, by putting footage from around the world into the screens in the production facility. —
Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 The production of the virtual field trips is funded by state and federal grants, including from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. —Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 The precise vote tally was not announced after the brief virtual meeting but will be released in an SEC filing later today or Friday. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026 Now, this subsequent Riyadh opening in Al Takhasoussi, the capital’s de facto restaurant quarter, has been a soar-away success, with the dining room still running at full tilt every day of the week as a virtual queue swells into the hundreds. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virtual
Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 The production of the virtual field trips is funded by state and federal grants, including from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. —Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 The precise vote tally was not announced after the brief virtual meeting but will be released in an SEC filing later today or Friday. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026 Now, this subsequent Riyadh opening in Al Takhasoussi, the capital’s de facto restaurant quarter, has been a soar-away success, with the dining room still running at full tilt every day of the week as a virtual queue swells into the hundreds. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virtual
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This seeming craze for doing plays that others have already done in other ways can provide familiarity and a shared vocabulary, a framework for fuller appreciation of the work at hand.— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
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Despite some obvious physical scarring and a seeming predilection for contorting her body in creepy ways, Katie seems pretty healthy, or so the Egyptian doctors tell her parents.— Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Virtual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/virtual. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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