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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actual raise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a genuine increase in salary or wages, distinguishing it from other types of raises that may not be real or substantial.
Example: "After months of hard work, I finally received an actual raise in my paycheck."
Alternatives: "real increase" or "genuine raise".
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The actual raise to two spades was not wrong, but North should have planned to retreat quickly to no-trump, leaving his partner a choice.
Now it's time to get organized for the actual raise.
Docs aims to eliminate some of the complexity of the actual raise by allowing users to enter information in fields, and produce a term sheet.
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The actual raising of the dead man is rightly the high point.
His Jewish mother did the actual raising; his Iranian-born father abandoned the family for the cause.
Although gaudy males are at individual risk, that need not necessarily harm a population's prospects particularly if, as is often the case in such sexually dimorphic birds, the male contributes little to the actual raising of the young.
"At this point, what we're waiting to see is an actual raising of the debt limit, regardless of how they get there," Steven Hess, lead U.S. analyst at Moody's, told the Wall Street Journal.
Therefore, reports that more than $70B would be needed to take Tesla private dramatically overstate the actual capital raise needed.
Outside groups have raised $6 million for Mike Huckabee, while his actual campaign raised only $2 million in the most recent quarter.
Many of the actual questions raised by the attacks have gotten lost behind the conspiracy theories.
Judith's hearing an actual voice raises the question of whether she is divinely blessed or scarily deluded.
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