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in fact

adverb as in de facto

adverb as in de facto

adverb as in simply

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For nearly two centuries, it was unclear that the bright spot in the constellation Virgo, which Charles Messier had described in 1781 as "87: Nebula without stars," was in fact a very large galaxy.

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“And I think one of the things that you see throughout the course of this presentation is that, in fact, there are so many points of connection, especially in the arts community.”

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“He, in fact, tried to get these clients paid.”

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Some of them, in fact, are quite exasperating.

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He duped one woman into handing over thousands of pounds thinking she was investing in the much sought-after luxury handbag, when in fact she was paying his bills at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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