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in fact
Idioms and Phrases
Also, in point of fact . In reality, in truth; actually. For example, She was, in fact, eager to join the club , or In point of fact, his parents never had much influence on him . The first term dates from about 1700, and the variant from about 1800.Example Sentences
But in fact the two men's backgrounds were more similar than their demeanours ever suggested - and his role in Richard's life would prove to be transformative.
Most of their most intimate moments, in fact, take place in utter darkness, in spaces where their soot-covered bodies nevertheless stand out from the grime and grit all around them.
There were no vacancies beneath the old neon Farm House Motel sign last Saturday — no guest rooms at all, in fact.
He's not talking about interventions; the U.S. government, of course, has intervened in other countries' affairs, and, in fact, overturned, democratically elected governments during the Cold War.
The main and in fact only legal framework for international space law is the U.N.'s Outer Space Treaty.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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