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accomplished fact

NOUN
matter of fact
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The AIA’s Prowitt said safety is not a fixed, accomplished fact in the aerospace industry, but a “never-ending objective” that requires constant improvement.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

The selection of Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting DNI is an accomplished fact, and nothing anyone says is likely to change it.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2020

"It's very important that such cooperation with Syrian authorities is established, even now that it's an accomplished fact," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of the U.N.

From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2014

When he was inaugurated Premier last September, he discovered his principal aim of land reform was already an accomplished fact; Algerian peasants had spontaneously taken over the rich lands vacated by the French settlers.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was now recognized by the President as an accomplished fact.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White


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