virtual

adjective

Definition of virtualnext
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 Carnival's larger ships include attractions such as a roller coaster at sea, while Norwegian offers amenities including water parks, go-kart racing and virtual-reality gaming. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Two months of virtual-production exploration before filming also allowed Fraser and the directors to test lighting, camera movements and the scale of spacecraft interiors. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 Meta joined the race on September 8, 2026, launching Muse, a personal AI agent designed to act across apps and the web via a secure virtual machine. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Registration is required for all of these meetings, even the virtual one. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virtual
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  • The wholesale change and Payton’s explanation for it after practice represented a dramatic shift in approach and tone from an offseason brimming with confidence and seeming conviction in the move.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But Chee’s first-person, present-tense narration differs from most in being, in a seeming paradox, retrospective.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Virtual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtual. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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