faits accomplis
- plural of fait accompli.
Example Sentences
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He has been an unsparing critic of the sluggish Soviet bureaucracy, and may hope to galvanize it by negotiating directly with Reagan agreements that he can present to his subordinates as faits accomplis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sadat still had plenty of misgivings about the Israelis, and he demanded last week that they stop setting "preconditions or faits accomplis."
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the predicted wonders of Whalen's tomorrowland already seem old-hat after 25 years: superhighway networks, air-conditioned homes and television are long-established faits accomplis.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a meretricious air over both; and there is apparent a popular inclination to condone rather than to take pride in these faits accomplis.
From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein
For even the faits accomplis, which are a convenient basis to justify any act of injustice, are here against Charles Albert.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
