fact

Definition for fact

noun as in verifiable truth; reality

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actuality, appearance, authenticity, basis, certainty, certitude, dope, genuineness, gospel, intelligence, palpability, permanence, scene, scripture, solidity, stability, substantiality, verity

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bottom line, brass tacks, concrete happening, gospel truth, how it is, like it is, naked truth, what's what

noun as in event; detail of action

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accomplishment, action, case, circumstance, data, evidence, experience, factor, incident, information, performance, phenomenon, statistic

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act, actuality, adventure, affair, being, conception, consideration, construction, creation, datum, deed, entity, episode, feature, happening, item, manifestation, occurrence, organism, particular, point, proceeding, specific, transaction, truism

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fait accompli

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“And I think one of the things that you see throughout the course of this presentation is that, in fact, there are so many points of connection, especially in the arts community.”

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But Hanks said he was drawn into Candy’s story by a particular detail: the fact that Candy’s own father, Sidney, had died from heart disease at the age of 35, right before John turned 5.

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In fact, more than 600 calls to emergency services had failed, over 13 hours.

From BBC

The fact it appears to be isolated errors which are proving costly gives Arsenal some hope that there is a clear path to reviving their campaign.

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In fact there are now 57,000 on the list - as well as all those unregistered.

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