"Hopefully sharks will become commercially extinct rather than actually extinct.
We're editing ourselves rather than actually being ourselves".
Imagine experiencing your country winning the World Cup, rather than actually, well, imagining it.
He has spent so much of his life doing these lectures, rather than actually writing screenplays.
I would say I'm appreciating it, rather than actually enjoying it.
Many cuts would reduce growth in spending, rather than actually reduce spending from last year.
-- though the money is lent to the fund rather than actually spent.
Mr. McBride said the program is likely to "keep a lid on mortgage rates" rather than actually push them lower.
Teachers complain, convincingly, that they end up cramming their charges to get good results, rather than actually teaching them.
"This information comes from a poll, rather than actually having lived in the state, or being part of the state.
Economists call this behavior — when a company seeks to manipulate economic conditions rather than actually create value — "rent-seeking".
