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new reality

new reality noun: an unfavorable change or adjustment that affects one's daily life.

Noun

new reality (plural new realities)

  1. An unfavorable change or adjustment that affects one's daily life.
    • As we all face our new reality in a world of “social distancing,” please know that we are holding you and your family close in our prayers.2020 March 17, Ellen Weaver, “Common Sense Public Policy Critical To Meet COVID-19 Crisis”, in Palmetto Promise
    • Two years [after Hurricane Matthew], and the evidence is persuasive: Tropical weather patterns really have changed and coastal communities — especially across the South — need to confront a new reality.2018 September 30, Ellen Weaver, “New storm reality requires new protections”, in Fay Observer

Forms of new reality

pluralnew realities

Questions about new reality

What does new reality mean?
New reality means an unfavorable change or adjustment that affects one's daily life.
What part of speech is new reality?
New reality is a noun.
What is the plural of new reality?
The plural of new reality is new realities.

Words near new reality in the dictionary

  1. New Rackheath
  2. New Radnor
  3. new realism
  4. new realist
  5. new realists
  6. new reality
  7. New Red Sandstone
  8. new relationship energy
  9. new religious movement
  10. new religious movements
  11. New Riegel

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