fait accompli

Example Sentences

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Yet the majority is trying to avoid a fait accompli.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But his promise to review consultant contracts that have been normally regarded as a fait accompli is a good start, some observers say.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2025

By 2019, his survival was seen as a fait accompli, even as his most recalcitrant enemies, including HTS, remained in control of territories in the north of the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

"We were presented with a fait accompli that the decision had been made to accept manslaughter charges," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

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