Sentence examples for actually a year from inspiring English sources

The phrase "actually a year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to clarify or emphasize the duration of time being discussed, often in a context where there may be confusion or surprise about the length of time.
Example: "I thought the project would take only a few months, but it turned out to be actually a year before we completed it."
Alternatives: "in fact a year" or "really a year".

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(Hudgens is actually a year older than her co-star, the very boyish — even Boy Scoutish — Corey Cott.

This started, we're actually a year and a half ahead of schedule and under budget on this hotel.

But Liam is actually a year older at 38 than Guy, and he still walks that walk, exuding menace, leaning up and into his mic like he might butt it.

(Hudgens is actually a year older than her co-star, the very boyish — even Boy Scoutish — Corey Cott. His voice is big, but one suspects he would get carded at Maxim's; he relates to Gigi more as a playmate of his own age than as a plaything).

Whenever I hear those grim bulletins that end with the words "next of kin have been informed" I might have the thought that my novel isn't just "contemporary", but is actually, a year after it was completed, about what's happening now.

Actually, a year later, on the anniversary after the revolution, I happened to be in Antarctica at that time.

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Lawrence: I actually took a year off after undergrad and was abroad, and that project was actually also working in plants.

What 2004 is, actually, is a year for Charles Ives, the 50th anniversary of his death.

Sunshine Superman is the sound of 1965, but the British release was actually delayed a year.

Since many corporations give to both sides, the limit is actually $450,000 a year in soft money, or $900,000 in a two-year election cycle.

(I actually completed a year of graduate study at UT before heading to Georgia Tech).

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