the thing is

1. The issue, main point, or problem is, as in The thing is, we haven't enough money for the tickets. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Example Sentences

And the thing is, I wish we could just ignore this vocal but small minority of bigoted creeps, but their hate campaigns are unfortunately having real impacts on the kinds of games we are seeing get made.

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The thing is, Aaron Judge isn’t a normal hitter.

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The thing is, when you vote for a piece of legislation that will rip health insurance coverage away from roughly 15 million Americans by 2034, the largest cut of its kind in Medicaid’s history, people will understandably be upset.

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“But the thing is, that’s not how it goes.”

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As the hour starts, the thing is still possessing a sheep.

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