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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually mentioning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to emphasize that something is being specifically referred to or acknowledged in a conversation or text.
Example: "In her presentation, she was actually mentioning the key findings of the research study."
Alternatives: "specifically referring to" or "directly addressing".
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At last, our politicians are actually mentioning the euro.
She alluded to the Monica Lewinsky scandal without actually mentioning it.
Heavy coverage by state media seemed intended to dismiss — without actually mentioning — the possibility of theft by an insider.
It suggests, without actually mentioning either, the journeys of Aeneas and Odysseus to the realms of the dead.
The logos must provide a sense of time and place, without actually mentioning either the time or the place.
Whereas Oscar Wilde's writing was a triumph of circumnavigation in not actually mentioning sex, Bourne's staging is totally unzipped, and much the poorer for it.
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Orr, though, doesn't actually mention that.
Obama actually mentioned it on Monday.
Mr. Zhao and "Petition" were actually mentioned by name.
Johnson didn't actually mention Churchill in his speech.
(Mr. Franco actually mentions Disney and his role in "Oz" in three separate moments in "Interior. Leather Bar").
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