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fait accompli

[fe ta-kawn-plee] / fɛ ta kɔ̃ˈpli /
NOUN
accomplished fact
Synonyms
WEAK
a truth accomplished fact certainty cold hard facts done deal done deed fact of life grim reality hard facts irreversible accomplishment irreversible act irreversible truth matter of fact reality self-evident fact undeniable fact

Example Sentences

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Yet the majority is trying to avoid a fait accompli.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Even though everyone assumed his return was a fait accompli, there were a few red flags around.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

At the time, it felt like an Oscar nomination was a fait accompli, and it still does.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

If we find in coming months or years that any of the 12 dead at the Downs tested hot, then we can mark the FTC's ruling as the moment of fait accompli.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2023

He also plays the old trick of presenting as a fait accompli what is, in fact, the nub of the argument, and to give the force of inevitability to something contingent.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith