fact of life
Example Sentences
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“Higher for longer” is set to be a fact of life for financial markets well into the end of the decade—and probably for a lot longer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Leaders of other countries went to him, a well-recognized fact of life in the United States Senate, when they needed something.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Americans, she says, shouldn't accept mass shootings as a fact of life.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
Neither seems to notice that the most astonishing, extraordinary fact of life is our existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
He said it as though it were an unarguable fact of life.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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