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in fact

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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He's so confident, in fact, that he's made a bet with his daughter.

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Bat group volunteers were later made aware of the find and spent several hours confirming it was in fact the rare species, based on markings on her wings.

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Judge Sherrard told the court the priest presented himself to those he was not abusing as a caring Christian man, but was in fact assaulting children who were in his care.

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Calculated by spending per head of the population, Denmark is ahead; but as a share of national income, its health spending is similar to, and in fact slightly below that of the UK's.

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They had in fact been intercepted by the police and Border Force officers.

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