How to Use real time in a Sentence

real time

noun
Definition of real timenext
  • 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
  • Changes in the neutral rate are tough to spot in real time.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • And for the latest can’t-miss deals in real time, head to our live blog.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Start with the song and watching the eclipse in real time, end with a screening.
    — Maria Sherman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The new series is believed to take place in real time over a day in the vein of 24.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 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
  • No one wants to see anyone be played and no one wants to see it in real time.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Keep track of the 2024 Grammy winners in real time here.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The flash sale will start at 9 a.m. PST, you'll be given a spot in line, and be able to track your progress in real time.
    — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • There’s no easy way to tell how many beds are available in real time.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The bizarre thing about the blockchain is that all of these tracers can watch this theft happen in real time.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Get all your World Cup news and highlights here, in real time.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The app can show how far away a potential partner is in real time, down to the foot.
    — Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What if there’s just not that much going on, even in real time?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 June 2024
  • And the American public are going to get the chance to watch that play out in real time.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Far from the world’s eyes, this story felt like it was being buried in real time.
    — ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This line helped show how Tunisians’ views shifted in real time.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Each tester then chose two products, one for each eye, to judge one against the other in real time.
    — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In some ways, episode eight is the beginning of season one in real time.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Either way, for all the lifts in the video, Atlas is saved from trying to figure out the shape of the object in real time.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Mobile devices can be tracked in real time or close to it.
    — Richard Forno, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The deal fell apart in real time, and Hunter Biden ultimately pleaded not guilty to the three charges.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The pitch viewers hear on TV is a fraction of what the entrepreneurs actually present to the Sharks in the Tank in real time.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The system would display the snake onscreen as a bright white object that could be tracked in real time.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Warren and others at the base monitored all of it in real time.
    — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Yet over the past week, Mac watched as his theory was tested in real time.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
  • One lesson Aguilera is learning as a mom in real time is how to let go.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Davis got to see her vision come to life in real time, watching from the crowd as Moore came down the steps in Annapolis.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The justifications—the lure of the community, the (now-limited) ability to bear witness to news in real time, and of the reach of one’s audience of followers—feel particularly weak today.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024

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