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The phrase "are actually dead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to emphasize the reality of someone's death or the state of being non-existent.
Example: "Despite the rumors, the reports confirm that the species are actually dead."
Alternatives: "are truly deceased" or "are indeed gone".
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are actually dead
adverb
In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
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Of course, none of these people are actually dead.
A few of these characters are actually dead.
An opportunity sadly not available to those who are actually dead.
Ms Jones, who made her first kill, a White Rhino, on her second trip to Africa when she was 13, has also claimed that not all of the animals featured in the pictures are actually dead.
"I'm sure there will be some people who get it wrong," she says, predicting "a flurry of freak-outs among a few who think Kim Kardashian or Alicia Keys are actually dead.
And, to compound the problem, no one even knows if those people are actually dead, or if they're just listed as dead in state records, which everyone seems to admit are in a terrible state.
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This led many fans to speculate whether or not Stannis was actually dead, and if so, why didn't the series show his actual murder?
"They were actually dead".
"But he was actually dead, wasn't he?
Paulina worried that the fallen were actually dead.
Many expressed skepticism over whether he was actually dead.
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