Idiom
fact is
Meaning
actually, in truth
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The fact is, I forgot to buy milk.”
“You think he is angry, but the fact is he is just very tired.”
“While the company claims the project is ahead of schedule, the fact is that they have yet to complete the primary phase of development.”
Examples
simple
“The fact is, I forgot to buy milk.”
contextual
“You think he is angry, but the fact is he is just very tired.”
complex
“While the company claims the project is ahead of schedule, the fact is that they have yet to complete the primary phase of development.”
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