How to Use real time in a Sentence

real time

noun
  • The ones that have not will pay the bill in real time.
    — Ravi S. Bhalla, Fortune, 13 June 2026
  • Those that don’t may be forced to catch up in real time.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Ship time has nothing to do with real time.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The rules are going to change in real time.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • That data will be used to change the art in real time.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Worse yet, the data streamed in real time.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • What if there’s just not that much going on, even in real time?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 June 2024
  • App users can see in real time how many people watch their projects.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no easy way to tell how many beds are available in real time.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no real time and space anywhere.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Yeah, and maybe just to echo, Alan, just to give you the real time.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 27 July 2022
  • And for the latest can’t-miss deals in real time, head to our live blog.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • No one wants to see anyone be played and no one wants to see it in real time.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The next step should be to stream rock and pop concerts in real time, or close to it.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The data can be viewed in real time through a mobile app.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Watch the Thunder guard’s right leg in real time.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
  • It can be guided in real time by an overhead drone.
    — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The network itself made up the path in real time.
    — Laura Isensee, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
  • All of that happens in real time in maybe two-tenths of a second.
    — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This assumption breaks down in a world that shifts in real time.
    — Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The series is filmed in real time with a one- to two-day delay.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • This line helped show how Tunisians’ views shifted in real time.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Start with the song and watching the eclipse in real time, end with a screening.
    — Maria Sherman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Were the phone-call scenes with your onscreen husband filmed in real time?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This could help robots avoid mistakes in real time.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
  • To be able to tell stories about an upside-down world in real time has been a gift.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
  • Far from the world’s eyes, this story felt like it was being buried in real time.
    — ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2022
  • For those who can't watch episodes in real time, catch up on Hulu the next day.
    — Jackie Tempera, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Keep in mind that the pacer and timer do not work if the app is not being used in real time.
    — Leslie Hsu Oh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In a clip from the race, the Spaniard’s shock at the outcome is caught in real time.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024

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