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virtual
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virtual as in:  virtual organization

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    I qualified for the tournament but have virtually no chance of winning.
    virtually = almost
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    We can't accept that from a virtual stranger.  (source)
    virtual = almost a
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    I was introduced to the OASIS at an early age, because my mother used it as a virtual babysitter.  (source)
    virtual = to effectively be something without entirely being it
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    Brother-in-law No. 1, whom Francois had known since the age of seven, declined to come, stating that, having been virtually disinherited by his in-laws, he could not possibly attend.  (source)
    virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
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    If anything, screaming was counterproductive, because Arnold now faced the virtual certainty that Nedry wasn't coming back, which meant that Arnold himself had to go into the computer code and try and figure out what had gone wrong.  (source)
    virtual = almost a
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    ...and it occurred to her that she had been stifled in the place of her birth for virtually her entire life, that its time for her had passed, and a new time was here, and, fraught or not, she relished this like the wind in her face on a hot day when she rode her motorcycle and…  (source)
    virtually = almost
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    He had made a new bow, with slender limbs and a more fluid, gentle pull, but could not hit the fish though he sat in the water and was, in the end, surrounded by a virtual cloud of small fish.  (source)
    virtual = to be like something, but not so strictly speaking
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    And virtually all the elements of the Catholic ritual—the miter, the altar, the doxology, and communion, the act of "God-eating"—were taken directly from earlier pagan mystery religions.  (source)
    virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
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    The three hundred residents, mostly Australians, were shrunken down to virtual stick figures.  (source)
    virtual = almost
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    A hypercard can carry a virtually infinite amount of information.  (source)
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    The Mahdi army was out there, and the area was a virtual no-go zone for Americans.  (source)
    virtual = to effectively be something without entirely being it
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    And what did virtually all of those opportunities have in common?  (source)
    virtually = almost
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    A junkie lay there, virtually indistinguishable from every other homeless person in New York.  (source)
    virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
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virtual as in:  computer's virtual world

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The flight simulator permits learning to fly in a safe, virtual reality.
virtual reality = simulated by a computer
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    Virtual reality goggles, gloves, and a body suit helps the computer character mimic your movements.
    virtual reality = simulated (via a computer)
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    The fear landscape accesses that data and presents you with a series of virtual obstacles.  (source)
    virtual = computer-simulated
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    My virtual surroundings looked almost (but not quite) real.  (source)
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    Her research showed that people were just as happy with simulated, virtual objects as they were with real, physical ones.  (source)
    virtual = simulated by a computer
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    Movies and magazine articles on the subject are becoming more frequent, but cases are often sensationalized, and we are too far removed to understand the virtual reality and pain of the victim child.  (source)
    virtual reality = something simulated by a computer
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    And, with that realization, the virtual-reality simulator flipped into color.†  (source)
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    Of course, the bulk of their work is to act as virtual memory and store intermediate calculation results.  (source)
    virtual = simulated by a computer
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    This is virtual reality.  (source)
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    There were virtual-reality suits with working laser guns.†  (source)
    virtual-reality = something simulated by a computer
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    But even now the city's freewheeling virtual world stood in stark contrast to the day-to-day lives of most people...  (source)
    virtual = simulated by a computer
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    Because he was a man who appreciated tradition, his personal gym was also stocked with old-fashioned free weights, incline benches, and a virtual reality system.  (source)
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    A fine time for the big guys' latest super-top-secret holographic virtual-reality system to crash.†  (source)
    virtual-reality = something simulated by a computer
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    When I taught the "Building Virtual Worlds" class at Carnegie Mellon, we'd do peer feedback every two weeks.  (source)
    Virtual = simulated by a computer
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