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cold fact

NOUN

nitty-gritty

Synonyms

STRONG

basics core essence focus fundamentals gist heart kernel meat quintessence reality root soul substance

WEAK

bottom line brass tacks chief part chief thing essential details essential part hard fact heart of the matter important matter meat and potatoes name of the game nuts and bolts the facts the name of the game

Antonyms

STRONG

exterior exteriority outside surface

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Their spend is touching £150m, but the cold fact for Europe's other 'big five' is that the Premier League will spend more than the four of them combined, just as they had in the summer.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

His gripping account of Campbell’s death and Hettinger’s crushing depression has been likened to Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood,” with both authors applying a novelist’s storytelling techniques to cold fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The cracks remain unexplained; the cold fact of the matter is that the pool will have to close.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

The newlyweds think they have some time together, but in cold fact it’s running out.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2018

But the entire national supply of copper had been requisitioned for other war needs, and not even Groves’s bullishness could overcome that cold fact.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

cold fact

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