in fact

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

“That’s what’s lifting everything higher, even though many of the market forces I discussed in my article are in fact happening,” he said.

From MarketWatch

“The traditional techniques he employs are, in fact, rapidly disappearing from the world of professional sumo,” said sumo writer and commentator Katsuhiro Nishio.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, what is not debatable — in fact, what is painfully clear — is that Coogler made the best picture for our times.

From Los Angeles Times

So self-effacing is Rembrandt, in fact, that some portraits, and this is one, seem to have come into being independent of human agency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inflation was so low, in fact, that Fed leaders actually thought it was too low.

From MarketWatch

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