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in fact

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  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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“Because my point of view is not, in fact, that weird or that rare,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was, in fact, plenty of blame to go around even if Rob and Fab suffered the brunt of it.

From Los Angeles Times

Ives, in fact, seems happy to bring everyone into the fold.

From Barron's

The accent was not familiar; not, in fact, human.

From Literature

A habitual exaggerator, he boasted that all four of his grandparents had been born in Manhattan; in fact only one was even born in America.

From The Wall Street Journal

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